Grace Paley Quotes

All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, bad or peculiar.

Grace Paley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 11, 1922 - August 22, 2007

Topics

LifeGoodSurvivalBadPeculiar

Governments sometimes turn paranoid. And they fear things. And sometimes the thing they fear the most is the populace.

John McAfee

FearSometimesTurnThingsParanoid

I was born five days before D-Day in 1944. My father was a mechanical engineer, which was a reserved occupation, so he didn't have to enlist. My mother was a housewife. She worked in a bank before marrying my father.

Robert Powell

FatherMotherBornSheBankDays

The discussion of ideas as opposed to the American narcissistic obsession with what's going on with the self, that's the general thing people are talking about.

Stanley Crouch

PeopleIdeasSelfAmericanTalking

In the due exercise of your official power, in strictest accordance with law and the Constitution, you can deprive the enemy of that which, above all else, has given, and still gives him, aid and comfort.

Robert Dale Owen

PowerLawConstitutionExerciseYou

The Lord has often chosen to instruct His people in their times of trial.

Russell M. Nelson

PeopleLordChosenHisTrialOften

I'm always careful to even guess, at any juncture, about things before we do them.

Mike D

AlwaysThingsCarefulEvenGuess

I should see a board of directors who should vote on who I should date.

Debbie Reynolds

VoteSeeDateWhoBoardShould

I'm entranced by Amanda Lovelace's work. She wrote two wonderful books, 'The Princess Saves Herself in This One' and 'The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One.' You can feel your heart opening because she says things that you thought only you felt.

Deborah Harkness

WorkHeartThoughtFeelYouBurn

Both 'Mabo' and 'The Sapphires' have been significant roles because it's about my people. They are celebratory stories, on top of allowing people to understand our history.

Deborah Mailman

HistoryPeopleUnderstandTopBeen

Believe half of what you see and only some of what you hear, unless you hear it from me.

Chris Daughtry

MeBelieveYouSeeHalfOnly

There is no difference between saving lives and extending lives, because in both cases we are giving people the chance of more life.

Aubrey de Grey

LifePeopleChanceGivingMoreBoth

Leveraging cloud, mobility, you process things in a different way. For example, in insurance, you can access more claims through cloud, which makes a big difference in emerging markets, where the populations are large.

Pierre Nanterme

ProcessCloudInsuranceYouWayBig

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