James Beard Quotes

A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.

James Beard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 5, 1903 - January 21, 1985

Topics

LooksWatchHerCaloriesWhoLike

I predict 2016 will be a year of upheaval and realignment across the world. China's economy will continue to sputter. Commodity exporting countries will suffer. Europe's growth will remain flat-lined. The U.S. will plug along at under 3% growth.

John J. McLaughlin

GrowthWorldYearWillPredict

The fact is, it was a big show. We were a part of that show. Everybody watches for different reasons. There were some people who were tuning in that day to see what was going on with other characters.

Matthew Ashford

DayPeopleWatchesSome PeopleSee

I imagined there would be a way to crack the diffraction barrier. But of course I didn't know exactly how it would work, but I had a gut feeling that there must be something, and so I tried to think about it, to be creative.

Stefan Hell

WorkCreativeThinkFeelingKnow

I have thin skin. I'm not a tough guy.

Tom Sizemore

ToughSkinTough GuyGuyThin

Playing around with other people's husbands when you were 17 was bad news. Yes, I was a very naughty girl.

Mary Beard

GirlPeopleYouBadNewsNaughty

Manhattan, after eight years here, still reminds me of Hong Kong. There are parts of Chinatown that are the spit and image of streets in Wan Chai, and I am held in thrall by the Chrysler building as much as I was by I.M. Pei's Bank of China Tower.

Mary H.K. Choi

I AmMeBuildingHong KongImage

Maybe because I am from a sports background, I don't give up easily. I am a fighter.

Deepika Padukone

SportsI AmFighterUpBecauseGive

The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.

Brent Scowcroft

GovernmentHelpSecurityNeedThem

I've always had this thing about it not really mattering where you're from, because there's always been this big cloud over America saying you have to live in L.A. or you have to live in New York to make it. I always knew it didn't matter as long as you had the songs.

Brandon Flowers

LiveNew YorkSayingAmericaYou

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.

Arthur Schopenhauer

ManHonorLostFameSomethingMust

I'm past 75, I still walk, and I don't dye my hair blond, and I don't touch it up.

Pauline Trigere

WalkPastHairTouchUpStill

Because I'm so big, you have to look at me. I think of myself as a monument. But sometimes I like to feel small.

Shaquille O'Neal

MyselfMeSmallThinkYouLook

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