Alexander Woollcott Quotes

Germany was the cause of Hitler as much as Chicago is responsible for the Chicago Tribune.

Alexander Woollcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 19, 1887 - January 23, 1943

Topics

ChicagoResponsibleCauseMuch

I think I was the third person in the world to get a Kindle, and I hated it from the minute I got it.

Joan Rivers

WorldThinkPersonMinuteGotGet

I'm a big sleep guy. I think my schedule sorta starts with sleep and making sure I get enough of it. I'm an eight-plus hours guy. I would love to sleep more. I definitely try to create a routine and not stray from that routine at all, but I will take advantage of having an off-morning. And I really have become a fan of the 20-minute catnap.

Andrew Luck

LoveSleepThinkEnoughRoutineTry

I love to sing old Motown songs to myself, or some Patti Smith Edith Piaf or Billie Holiday. That gets me in the mood for singing.

Siobhan Fahey

LoveMyselfMeSingingHolidayMood

We need to have a taste factor in our life. It isn't about what's popular; it's about what's really good.

Robbie Robertson

LifeGoodNeedTasteOurReally

From Vietnam's 'Deer Hunter' to Iraq, films are never about the person who has had his house destroyed.

Mira Nair

HousePersonDeerNeverVietnamWho

It is hard to imagine that, having downgraded the US, S & P will not follow suit on at least one of the other members of the dwindling club of sovereign AAAs. If this were to materialise and involve a country like France, for example, it could complicate the already fragile efforts by Europe to rescue countries in its periphery.

Mohamed El-Erian

CountryWillFollowHardClubSuit

The great thing about theater is that you have so much time to prepare, and to fail, before presenting it to the public. In film, the high-wire act seems to be that much farther up, and the net seems to be less there.

Chris Pine

GreatTimeYouPrepareUpFail

I used to think that, given enough goodwill, anybody would be able to 'get' any music, no matter how distant the culture from which it came. And then I heard Chinese opera.

Brian Eno

MusicCultureThinkEnoughMatter

I know that I'm going to die and that you're going to die. I can't do anything about that. But I can explore it through a metaphor and make a kind of funny, dark story about it, and in doing so, really exhaust and research as many aspects of it as I can imagine. And in a way, that does give me some closure.

Chuck Palahniuk

FunnyMeResearchStoryDieDoing

'Graceland' getting canceled was definitely a shock and disappointing for all of us. One minute it's this. The next minute it's that.

Annie Ilonzeh

NextMinuteUsOne MinuteShock

There are several silver linings on the horizon. The current account deficits in Spain and Portugal are declining because they have become more competitive and they're exporting more.

Wolfgang Schauble

HorizonSilverBecomeMoreSpain

I don't sing in the shower at all, and I don't sing in the shower, either.

Pia Toscano

ShowerSingEither

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