Chaim Potok Quotes

I think that to a very great extent we are partners with the divine in this enterprise called history. That is an ongoing relationship, and there is absolutely no guarantee that things will automatically work out to our best advantage.

Chaim Potok

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 17, 1929 - July 23, 2002

Topics

WorkRelationshipHistoryGreatBest

I think self-esteem is fluid. It's not a fixed state, and so some days are better than others.

Jo Brand

ThinkBetterOthersSelf-EsteemDays

As kids, we traded 'I like Ike' and 'All the way with Adlai' buttons in elementary school.

Andrea Mitchell

SchoolWayElementary SchoolKids

The 19th-century pure capitalist model of society was a pyramid, concentrations of enormous wealth in a small group at the top, a not very big middle-class in the middle, and an enormous percentage of the population in the bottom part of the pyramid.

John Ralston Saul

SocietySmallWealthGroupTopPure

We have an amazing fan base all around the world that love 40FT.

Steve Brown

LoveAmazingWorldFanAroundBase

There's a long tradition of people from the South living in New York City.

Steve Earle

New YorkPeopleCityTraditionLong

Artists, writers and people in creative fields are entrepreneurs by necessity. Nobody gives them a paycheck or picks up their medical insurance. The ones who succeed learn to think and act like 'independent operators.' I think people who are technically 'employees' have to think this way as well. The company is not looking out for you.

Steven Pressfield

CreativeMedicalPeopleSucceedYou

My feelings about my mortality are less selfish than they used to be. I used to affect a cavalier attitude to death; now I see it from my son's perspective.

Rufus Sewell

AttitudeSonPerspectiveDeathNow

A campaign ought to demonstrate the basic human decency of the candidate. That means your First Amendment rights end at the tip of your opponent's nose - even in the matter of political rhetoric.

Mike Pence

EndPoliticalRhetoricMatterFirst

I love being a writer-director. I couldn't imagine directing without writing it. You have to write and tell your stories - that's what directing is to me.

Mike Mills

LoveMeWritingYouWriteWithout

I believe all drunks go to heaven, because they've been through hell on Earth.

Liza Minnelli

BelieveHellHeavenEarthGoBeen

For news, I follow 'The New York Times,' 'The New Yorker,' and 'ProPublica.' For entertainment, I like The A.V. Club and The Onion.

Jason Jones

New YorkNewsNewFollowClubOnion

It's my job to get us in good plays, or more importantly, out of bad plays. That's what I did.

Drew Brees

GoodJobBadMoreOutUs

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