Ernest Gaines Quotes

A myth is an old lie that people believe in. White people believe that they're better than anyone else on earth - and that's a myth.

Ernest Gaines

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 15, 1933

Topics

LiePeopleBelieveBetterEarthOld

I'm what you'd call a regular guy with a big job.

John Boehner

JobYouBigCallGuyRegular Guy

Each year, in my quaint efforts to send out paper holiday cards with personal messages, I probably discard one for every three I actually manage to put in the mail. The reason is that my handwriting is now less legible than it was when I was in the second grade.

Meghan Daum

YearHolidayCardsThreePersonal

But that private world, once it's dramatised, doesn't live again until it finds a reader.

John McGahern

LiveWorldAgainOncePrivateUntil

One of the first jokes I wrote was this nail salon bit that ended up blowing up on YouTube. That's kind of what propelled me into standup.

Anjelah Johnson

MeKindYouTubeFirstJokesUp

People are being incentivized for the wrong things. We've heard about a lot - doctors for procedures rather than creating wellness or maintaining wellness.

Stephen J. Dubner

PeopleWellnessWrongCreatingBeing

I was named after my mother's maiden name.

Sprague Grayden

MotherNameAfterMaidenNamed

You will put on a dress of guilt and shoes with broken high ideals.

Roger McGough

ShoesBrokenDressGuiltYouWill

I'd love to jump in a spaceship and shoot myself to the moon, where I'll paint the word 'Love.' So when people step outside before they go to bed and look up to see it, they'll just dream of love.

Luke James

LoveMyselfStepPeopleMoonLook

Since childhood, my mother made sure I oiled my hair and conditioned them properly every week. I still follow that regimen. Plus, I have naturally good quality hair.

Disha Patani

GoodMotherQualityChildhoodHair

There probably aren't a lot of actors my age who tap dance.

Christopher Walken

AgeDanceWhoTapLot

There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.

Pythagoras

GoodLightDarknessWomanManEvil

If you look back through history, you'll see that God, in any form - Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed - has always wanted prosperity for everyone. There was a recognition of the need to integrate our material and spiritual lives. But that message was distorted by various leaders with their own agendas.

Paul Zane Pilzer

GodHistorySpiritualYouLookBack

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Ernest Gaines