Evan Hunter Quotes

I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, then it's already been covered by the media, and if it's not good enough, why would I want to bother with it?

Evan Hunter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 15, 1926 - July 6, 2005

Topics

GoodIdeasNot Good EnoughStoryWhy

Again, it may be said, that to love justice and equality the people need no great effort of virtue; it is sufficient that they love themselves.

Maximilien Robespierre

LoveGreatJusticeEffortPeople

Once in a while, a person finds his humanity in a way that astounds his contemporaries.

Trent Franks

HumanityPersonWayOnceHisWhile

With 'Fantasy Factory,' I want to take skating beyond the Tony Hawk generation and represent the street-skating generation.

Rob Dyrdek

GenerationWantBeyondSkatingHawk

I believe the continually advancing Information Revolution will lend us the wisdom and strength to address humanity's previously unsolvable problems and help us make a positive impact on all of society.

Masayoshi Son

PositiveStrengthWisdomSociety

When you put more than a million kids in school, you take a plane today and go to Haiti, you cannot see the results. You will see the results in 30 years when you see a different type of Haitian.

Michel Martelly

TodaySchoolYouResultsGoWill

I think you're born with a comedy gene, and you can't teach timing, and you can't teach satire, pathos.

Brad Garrett

ThinkComedyYouBornTimingTeach

One thing I often talk about in my business is that an eBook is not like a print book: it's very, very different. It's organic. It's changing.

Bob Mayer

BusinessBookTalkOrganicChanging

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk.

Winston Churchill

PeopleDrunkUpGetBeenWho

I think I've learned, really, just how to let go - if an idea doesn't work, or it's not perfect, that's O.K.

Phillipa Soo

WorkNot PerfectThinkPerfectGo

My own medical history during my hospital stay was readily available to me through literally thousands of pages of medical records that outlined everything from my 'bowel releasing' schedule to the minute details of my brain biopsy procedure.

Susannah Cahalan

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Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!

Swami Sivananda

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My friends said I was crazy, but L.A. is the hub of the industry. It's the epicenter of the business. If I wanted to get above the plateau that I had reached in the U.K., I had to make that move.

Ricky Whittle

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