Paul Goodman Quotes

There is such a thing as food and such a thing as poison. But the damage done by those who pass off poison as food is far less than that done by those who generation after generation convince people that food is poison.

Paul Goodman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 11, 1911 - August 2, 1972

Topics

FoodPeopleGenerationDonePoison

The only place I considered home was the boarding school, in Yorkshire, my parents sent me to.

Joe Strummer

HomeSchoolParentsMePlaceOnly

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

InspirationalYourselfDoorWorld

Hopefully as a country, that we learn from our mistakes of the past.

Robert Matsui

MistakesPastLearnCountryOur

I have never directed. But I think I could. I have thought about it. I'm a bit long in the tooth to start.

Angela Lansbury

StartThinkThoughtLongNever

I love it when I start a book that is so good that all I want to do is get back to my own writing, in a competitive way.

Julia Glass

LoveGoodWritingStartBookBack

I just wear very nice pyjamas. When I'm at home, I love to watch movies and relax because when I'm modeling, I'm always travelling. When I'm not working I don't put much make up, but I do love nail polish for that little bit of fun colour.

Liu Wen

LoveHomeFunRelaxNiceMovies

Rock on out.

Janis Joplin

RockOut

It's very nice to be able to write something you don't have to get four other people to agree with before it can become authoritative.

Brian Lamb

PeopleYouNiceBecomeWriteAgree

You can get excited and feel unstoppable, but every week presents a new challenge. Each week, you have to work and get better.

Antonio Brown

WorkChallengeBetterFeelWeekYou

I think all of my writing life led up to the writing of 'The Train Driver' because it deals with my own inherited blindness and guilt and all of what being a white South African in South Africa during those apartheid years meant.

Athol Fugard

LifeWritingThinkGuiltTrainOwn

We're told compassion comes not from generosity but from compliance. We're told kindness means raiding a man's hard-earned wages and sending them off to Washington so they - not you - may dole them out in courtesies and indulgences.

Allen West

KindnessCompassionManGenerosity

James Bond was an early favourite, although I didn't understand much of it. I read the Bible a lot, too. You might say that this was my favourite, since I seemed to read it so often.

Philip Kerr

BondBibleYouEarlySayUnderstand

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