Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Quotes

Primates feel pure, flat immobility as boredom. But dogs feel it as peace.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 13, 1931

Topics

PeaceFeelBoredomDogsPureFlat

I play music, I paint - these things come from your depths.

John Lurie

MusicPlayPaintThingsComeYour

My mother's father drank and her mother was an unhappy, neurotic woman, and I think she has lived all her life afraid of anyone who drinks for fear something like that might happen to her.

John Hurt

LifeFearFatherMotherWomanThink

We've all heard stories of lottery winners, rock stars, heirs and heiresses, and professional athletes becoming millionaire morons who wake up rich but are broke by nightfall.

Robert Kiyosaki

StarsWake UpRichProfessionalRock

The essence of parenthood is to make children think that they are the most handsome, intelligent, brilliant person in the world.

Maurice Saatchi

ChildrenWorldThinkHandsomePerson

I never wanted a Guardian Angel. I didn't ask for one. One was assigned to me.

Mercedes McCambridge

MeAngelNeverAskGuardianWanted

You start out playing in kitchens, and you end up playing in kitchens.

Trisha Yearwood

StartEndYouOutUpPlaying

I've traveled the country advocating for the Fair Tax, along with Herman Cain, Neal Boortz, and John Linder.

Tom Graves

TraveledCountryTaxFairAlong

When I started acting, one of the first things I learned was - especially in Hollywood - was branding. I'm a tall guy. I'm like, 'Yeah, that's probably going to be my foot in the door,' because that's my impression on everybody. I'm an athletic guy, and I think, because I grew up disliking jocks so much, that became, like, the character for me.

Ross Butler

CharacterMeDoorThinkActingTall

I'm from the element of the streets that says that once you've made it, it's yours. But keep it to yourself.

Mary J. Blige

YourselfYouStreetsKeepMadeOnce

Eventually, brain implants will become as common as heart implants. I have no doubt about that.

Miguel Nicolelis

HeartBrainDoubtWillBecomeAbout

Some people are so famous that the legends about them and the cultural aftermath of their life altogether obscure the real human being.

Michael Korda

LifePeopleFamousLegendsObscure

Computing is becoming universal.

Jay S. Walker

UniversalBecomingComputing

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