James Bovard Quotes

The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support services, or from other agencies that often have little or no legal restraints on their power.

James Bovard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
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  • Birth: 1956

Topics

DailyPowerGovernmentSupportChild

Homeschooling has given us some wonderful flexibility and some great life experiences, especially with our son.

Jodi Benson

LifeSonGreatWonderfulFlexibility

Reacting is so important to the craft of acting.

John Knoll

ActingImportantCraftReacting

In my experience, many people confuse being cowardly with being nice.

Robert Kiyosaki

ExperiencePeopleNiceBeing Nice

You start at a young age, going on auditions, and you think you did a good job and expect to get that role, and you don't, and it's a letdown, a disappointment. So you tell yourself to just do the work and disconnect, because you have no control over the outcome.

Michael B. Jordan

WorkGoodAgeJobYourselfStart

These characters are not spontaneous creations. They are engineered down to the last nut and bolt.

John Sandford

DownSpontaneousLastBoltNut

I try to keep an open mind but I'm so tired of the mediocrity.

Clea Duvall

TiredMindMediocrityTryOpenKeep

They're not bombarding me with offers, although the ones that have come along have been too preposterous to contemplate, so it's not as if I spend every day resisting $20 million pay cheques.

Colin Firth

DayMeEvery DayPayAlongBeen

The saddest day of my life was the day I didn't get to play football anymore.

Brian Bosworth

LifeDayFootballMy LifePlayGet

They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.

Brian Clough

DayJobSayRomeThey SayBuilt

I like the light that comes off metal shutters at siesta time in the summer, having a break from driving in the shops at motorway services, the odour of petrol at petrol stations, rolling down little slopes. I hate it when you tread in a puddle and the water soaks your socks.

Audrey Tautou

TimeLightWaterHateDrivingYou

Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

William Shakespeare

WordsThoughtsHeavenGoNever

When I was younger, I was always a musician that could play by ear better than I could analytically.

Thundercat

BetterPlayAlwaysEarThanYounger

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