Nelson Algren Quotes

I went out there for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I got fired Wednesday. The guy that hired me was out of town Tuesday.

Nelson Algren

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 28, 1909 - May 9, 1981

Topics

MondayMeWeekWednesdayOutGuy

People can sense when someone is fake or real on TV.

Joey Fatone

PeopleFakeSomeoneRealSenseTV

The only investable idea I have real confidence in is farming and forestry. My family owns some forest, and now we're closing on a farm. Make the farming more sustainable and the forestry more sustainable, and everyone benefits.

Jeremy Grantham

FamilyConfidenceForestFarmNow

I try to educate people about materialism through my work. I try to show them real visual luxury.

Jeff Koons

WorkPeopleLuxuryTryRealThrough

I saw 'Taxi Driver,' and 'Taxi Driver' kind of saved my life. The scene where Robert De Niro is looking at himself in the mirror saying, 'You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Who the hell else are you talkin' to?' That's the scene that changed my life by changing my attitude about acting.

Michael Biehn

LifeAttitudeMirrorMeSayingHell

Men are hugely significant to me and to many of the women I interview.

Amanda de Cadenet

WomenMenMeInterviewSignificant

Love is a promise delivered already broken.

Steve Martin

LoveBrokenLove IsPromise

In Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, the government in a matter of years has put a lot of energy behind recycling food waste as livestock feed. It's environmentally friendly, it provides cheap livestock feed for the farmers in those parts of the world, and it avoids sending the food waste to landfill.

Tristram Stuart

FoodGovernmentWorldEnergyFarmers

Radical Islam's principles are out there for all to see if they open their eyes. But what are our principles? In truth, they are up for grabs.

Tom Tancredo

TruthEyesPrinciplesIslamSeeOut

There's certainly satire written about techies, but it's so snarky and snide and doesn't treat him as a whole person. The people I worked with at Twitter - they're very analytical, but they're also deep and thoughtful - I feel like they deserved a charismatic spokesperson.

Robin Sloan

PeopleTreatDeepFeelThoughtful

As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then hey, I've done my job.

Roseanne Barr

WorkHomeParentingJobHusband

When you have a spiritual foundation, you look at poverty differently then.

Dennis Banks

SpiritualFoundationYouLookThen

You can change my mind, but you gotta work harder at it.

Doris Roberts

WorkChangeMindYouHarderGotta

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