James A. Michener Quotes

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.

James A. Michener

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 3, 1907 - October 16, 1997

Topics

FearHomeFoodReligionPeopleYou

I want to change Scotland, but the only way we can change Scotland is by changing the Scottish Labour Party.

Johann Lamont

ChangePartyWantWayChangingOnly

I saw 'Purple Rain' in the summer of '84, and, 'Spinal Tap' notwithstanding, it's the greatest rock & roll film of all time. There's so much Prince coming at you that you have to remind yourself he's also a breathtaking guitar player.

Tom Morello

TimeRainYourselfGuitarYouRock

No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isn't yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words.

Roddy Doyle

ExperienceWordsStoryYouPersonal

It is amazing to have the UFC to come here to Perth... it is great for Australian Mixed Martial Arts and great for the sport, and it is going to be great for Perth to have such a world-wide event, through pay-per-view, hosted here.

Robert Whittaker

GreatAmazingThroughArtsGoing

Most of the real bad guys in the world are people like you and me; they're not stupid, and you can't smell their horns.

Rutger Hauer

PeopleMeStupidWorldYouBad

A feeling for equal rights for other human beings cannot exist in adults if a feeling for authority is not implanted in them during childhood. Otherwise, adults will never become mature enough to recognize the rights of others.

Rudolf Steiner

ChildhoodEnoughFeelingAuthority

Within a few hours I had them off, was about ready to play the shows. That night I opened, and during the week Harris was over to the house to talk my mother into letting me leave home.

Mary Lou Williams

MotherHomeMeNightWeekHouse

We are now living in a post-Roosevelt, post-Reagan universe. What comes next will not be post-partisan, because faction is an intrinsic human impulse.

Jon Meacham

UniverseNowLivingWillHumanNext

You can pick almost any field, and there's going to be weird people.

Christopher Guest

PeopleWeirdYouGoingAlmostPick

I remember always loving the bad guy Shawn Michaels. Everyone else always hated when he played the bad guy, but there was just something about that character I connected with.

CM Punk

CharacterRememberBadLovingAlways

What's dangerous is the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few individuals.

Arpad Busson

HandsWealthDangerousConcentration

The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.

Ali Abdullah Saleh

PeopleDemocracyUsImposedYemen

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