Elizabeth McCracken Quotes

When you've lost a baby, everyone around you expects you to be fine once the new baby is born, as though that somehow takes away the pain of losing the first child. I needed to express how wrong that was.

Elizabeth McCracken

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PainLosingChildBabyYouBorn

When friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance.

Anatole Broyard

WorldFriendsStopBeingWholeSome

Of history, how little do we know by personal contact; we have lived a few years, seen a few men, witnessed some important events; but what are these in the whole sum of the world's past.

Matthew Simpson

HistoryMenPastWorldPersonal

It is simply unacceptable for people to sneak into this country illegally on Thursday, obtain a government-issued I.D. on Friday, head for the welfare office on Monday, and cast a vote on Tuesday.

Sonny Perdue

MondayPeopleFridayCountryVote

I remember telling President Carter on his first night, when I was escorting people around, that I was interested in continuing public service and that politics didn't matter - but it does, doesn't it?

Shirley Temple

ServicePoliticsPeopleNightMatter

I always say to students, 'You're never going to have all the skills, but you have to have a skill.'

Louise Wilson

YouSkillSkillsSayNeverAlways

Sex - the poor man's polo.

Clifford Odets

ManSexPoorPolo

If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing.

Woodrow Wilson

ThinkWorthYouToo MuchDifficult

I went to a Presbyterian college, you know, I was in... all the way, and so I remember doing my first sermon when I was 17, I was in high school. It wasn't a full twenty-five minute sermon, but for like ten minutes I got up and they let me do that, and it was on faith.

Woody Harrelson

FaithSchoolCollegeMeHigh School

A beautiful face is a mute recommendation.

Publilius Syrus

BeautifulFaceRecommendationMute

I started writing songs later in life because I just couldn't commit to it before.

Perfume Genius

LifeWritingStartedCommitJust

A lot of people like to think that golf is a lazy man's sport. Or it's a rich man's sport, or it's a sport that they can't be involved in.

Shia LaBeouf

ManPeopleRichThinkGolfLazy

Most people outside of America won't get it. It's the Easter bunny. It's another lie and I don't understand why we had to invent this character.

Todd Rundgren

CharacterLiePeopleAmericaWhy

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