Elizabeth Berg Quotes

It is a happy day when I am asked to publicly recommend a book. It is also a dilemma. When I consider all the books I have loved and depended upon and profited from, how can I pick just one?

Elizabeth Berg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 2, 1948

Topics

DayI AmHappyBookLovedJust One

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

GoodFoolsNeverGood FortuneUnited

Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio.

Melinda Gates

ChildrenChildLookTake For Granted

The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

Robert M. Pirsig

MountainsYouFindUpBringZen

People are going to say what they say. I know sometimes I say things; I offend people.

Mike Tyson

PeopleKnowSometimesSayThey Say

With me and basketball, it became part of me.

Mike Krzyzewski

MeBasketballPartBecame

Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared.

Michael Korda

MomentLuckSituationPossibleMean

Usually you're in movies with a lot of dissolves and things, but this was kind of quick, more jarring than usual. I thought it would be fun to be in a movie that's unconventional. Then I met Guy and I liked him. I think he's a good man.

Dennis Farina

GoodManFunGood ManThinkThought

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Dr. Seuss

BirthdayTodayYouAliveTrueWho

First time I looked at a Formula One car in person, I just stared at the cockpit, figuring I'd never get in there. The drivers wear the whole car like a tight-fitting suit.

Chris Hemsworth

CarTimePersonFirst TimeNever

Through improvisation, jazz teaches you about yourself. And through swing, it teaches you that other people are individuals too. It teaches you how to coordinate with them.

Wynton Marsalis

YourselfPeopleYouJazzSwingHow

I think the time has come when the American people understand that federal employees need to work an 8-hour day just like everybody else.

Phil Gingrey

WorkTimeDayPeopleThinkAmerican

I made, over the years in Cambridge, several very good American friends, and America appeared to me, a land of promise in every sense of that word, a land of freedom from the inhibitions and restrictions that I felt in England.

Peter Shaffer

GoodFreedomMeAmericanAmerica

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