George S. Kaufman Quotes

I like terra firma; the more firma, the less terra.

George S. Kaufman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 16, 1889 - June 2, 1961

Topics

MoreLikeLess

Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.

John Milius

NothingMoreAlwaysFilmmakerThan

Success is a scary concept because it assumes something kind of final. In the grand scheme of life, I don't think there is some ultimate success.

Sophia Amoruso

LifeSuccessThinkKindScaryFinal

We in the west are seen as godless, as greedy and as uncaring about the suffering of those in the developing world.

Silvia Cartwright

SufferingWorldGreedyWestSeen

As America prepared for war in 1941, discrimination largely shut black Americans out of job opportunities in the growing defense industry.

Tom Perez

JobWarOpportunitiesBlackAmerica

I think in the case of my father, in terms of the things that influenced me, he never pressed me to go into academics or pressed me to go to a field, and indeed, my behavior was largely to move as far the other direction. I don't think that's uncommon with people with very successful parents.

Robert C. Merton

FatherParentsPeopleMeThinkGo

I've cut my teeth as a coach with some great head coaches and some great co-workers and I have been very lucky to have learned a lot of football from all of the above.

Mike Tice

GreatFootballTeethLuckyCoach

Exposing police lying is difficult largely because it is rare for the police to admit their own lies or to acknowledge the lies of other officers. This reluctance derives partly from the code of silence that governs police practice and from the ways in which the system of mass incarceration is structured to reward dishonesty.

Michelle Alexander

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There are two kinds of power you have to fight. The first is the money, and that's just our system. The other is the people close around you, knowing when to accept their criticism, knowing when to say no.

Martin Scorsese

PowerMoneyFightPeopleCriticism

People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does.

Mitch Albom

CulturePeopleMeanEconomyOnly

We at Ferrari are a small, dynamic company, and we show what Italy can do.

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

SmallCompanyFerrariDynamicShow

I hate golf. I do not understand how anyone can enjoy it, much less love it.

Jay Mohr

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I'm a sweet eater. I love lemon pie and sweet potato pie.

Claude Williams

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