George McGovern Quotes

I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential nominee. That knowledge would have made me a better legislator and a more worthy aspirant to the White House.

George McGovern

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 19, 1922 - October 21, 2012

Topics

KnowledgeMeProblemsBetterWish

I feel like I don't have a lot of time left.

Maurice Sendak

TimeFeelLeftI Feel LikeLikeLot

A novel is a collision of ideas. Three or four threads may be floating around in the writer's consciousness, and at a single moment in time, these ideas collide and produce a novel.

Anita Shreve

TimeMomentIdeasThreeFloating

I lose all control after two drinks of anything.

Mercedes McCambridge

ControlLoseTwoAnythingDrinks

When you go back and look at what people say about my essays, they're always going, 'What is this?' Because they're not exactly like other people's essays... The approach is not at all the recognized approach of a non-fiction writer. It's not linear. It isn't pyramidally based on fact.

John Ralston Saul

PeopleYouLookBackGoSay

I'm, like, a real nerd, in that I will take a book that is three inches thick and disappear and not leave until it's done.

Julia Jones

BookDoneThreeWillRealLeave

When you think about 'The Grapes of Wrath,' it's an American masterpiece, and a very long process goes into the making of such a book.

Jay Parini

BookThinkProcessAmericanYou

I really wanted to get out of England.

Jared Harris

OutGetEnglandWantedReally

Despite the rejection, and in violation of all the rules, I came back year after year.

Joseph Barbera

RejectionYearBackRulesDespite

And I really believe good journalism is good business.

Christiane Amanpour

GoodBusinessBelieveJournalism

George H. W. Bush may be a World War II hero and New England Yankee blue blood, but he has the tear ducts of a Sicilian grandmother.

Christopher Buckley

HeroWarBlueWorldNewGrandmother

As a world leader, America must be prepared to confront any challenge.

Christopher Dodd

LeaderChallengeWorldAmericaMust

Keep cool my babies.

Conan O'Brien

CoolKeepBabies

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