Dave Van Ronk Quotes

Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time.

Dave Van Ronk

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 30, 1936 - February 10, 2002

Topics

HonestyTimeGameHurtSomeoneYou

You can't back-engineer a brand.

Joanna Coles

BrandYou

I did a pop album, 'Sogno,' in 1999. I think it's important to record another pop album because many people love pop music. By this kind of repertoire, some people can later discover classical music.

Andrea Bocelli

LoveMusicPeopleThinkImportant

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

Andre Gide

ManSillyNothingExpressionBeing

Certainly in the case of 'Kill Your Friends,' a book I wrote more than 10 years ago, I routinely meet interviewers who appear to know the book better than I do. But still, you have to talk about it.

John Niven

BookBetterFriendsYouKnowMeet

One of the things that I've always thought I would like to do is to develop an environmental index. Then people can measure their own environmental performance on an index as they do in other ways.

Maurice Strong

PeopleEnvironmentalPerformanceOwn

I am a bit of a dynamic personality and have the ability to use my vocabulary in some creative ways.

Mauro Ranallo

PersonalityCreativeI AmVocabulary

I have no words for my reality.

Max Frisch

WordsRealityNo Words

We have to have an adequate number of taxes and an adequate amount of taxes.

Robert J. Bentley

TaxesNumberAdequateAmount

I like women.

Tucker Carlson

WomenLike

Do I take alternative points of view? Yes, because all the media are going in another direction.

Roger Ailes

DirectionViewMediaYesTakeGoing

Being in Hollywood is like being in the Christian right these days.

Rupert Everett

ChristianHollywoodRightDaysBeing

Winning an Oscar ain't about performance. There's a lot of politics involved.

Mickey Rourke

PoliticsWinningPerformanceInvolved

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