William Dean Howells Quotes

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.

William Dean Howells

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 1, 1837 - May 11, 1920

Topics

MeThingsTerribleBooksMortality

In the end, punk inevitably burned itself out and acted as a bridge across which the New Romantics could sashay in their chiffon and glossy hair.

Jo Brand

BridgeHairEndNewPunkOut

In real life, being a new mom, I would like to be able to sleep. I'd like to snap my fingers and be asleep because I'm a little sleep-deprived, at the moment.

Jenna Dewan

LifeMomentSleepMomNewReal

The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.

John Kenneth Galbraith

CultureThinkSpeechManifestation

I get recognized somewhere in between like local meteorologist and national meteorologist.

John Mayer

SomewhereGetLikeBetweenLocal

In Rio Bravo when Duke makes love to Feathers, the scene dissolves to the next morning where we see him putting on his vest and almost humming. It was subtle, but you knew what happened. Give me a towel and some blankets any day!

Angie Dickinson

LoveMorningDayMeYouFeathers

Authors will make far more on those ebooks through direct sales than publishers are offering. There is no incentive for authors to sell those rights to traditional publishers which means, in the fairly short term, publishers run out of material to sell.

Michael A. Stackpole

ShortRunWillMoreSalesOut

All I can do is today and tomorrow and have some idea of what we're doing next week. That's all I can worry about.

Stephen Colbert

TodayTomorrowWorryDoingWeek

No American - Christian or otherwise - should have to choose between their careers and their faith.

Sonny Perdue

FaithAmericanChristianChoose

I just like traditional songs that come from an honest place, and they make you feel something and tell a story and they flow right.

Robert Coppola Schwartzman

StoryFeelYouPlaceFlowRight

I want total peace for Colombia.

Juan Manuel Santos

PeaceWantColombiaTotal

I buy records from all across the board. I get kind of a hybrid of influences in my own music.

Jason Mraz

MusicKindMy OwnBuyOwnGet

It's easy to not feel misplaced if this tidal wave of appreciation is coming your way.

Christoph Waltz

AppreciationFeelWaveEasyWay

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