Frank Deford Quotes

I never saw war, so that is still my vision of manhood: Unitas standing courageously in the pocket, his left arm flung out in a diagonal to the upper deck, his right cocked for the business of passing, down amidst the mortals. Lock and load.

Frank Deford

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 16, 1938 - May 28, 2017

Topics

BusinessVisionWarDownNeverOut

Our generation was born during the turmoil following the First World War. That war marked the dividing line - at least for the Western World - between the comfortable security of the 19th century and the instability and flux of our own time.

Robert Kennedy

TimeWarWorldGenerationSecurity

I'm just trying to write things that resonate with people. And when we're all going through something together, I think you smile after that - I hope that people leave inspired after one of my shows.

Andy Grammer

SmileHopeTogetherPeopleThink

The music is something outside myself that's also inside myself... Music and a sense of another presence always went hand in hand. Even when I was three, I would improvise music, and my maternal grandfather would act as an audience and used to applaud. I would imitate things like thunder and rain.

John Tavener

MusicRainMyselfGrandfatherThree

I was involved in school plays, but when I left school I did a couple of odd jobs as a baker's apprentice and then as a fruit market porter in Manchester.

John Thaw

SchoolFruitInvolvedLeftMarket

I've never felt entirely comfortable in high society. I'm more comfortable talking to the bar staff than the super-rich. I don't really get what makes them tick.

Rory Bremner

SocietyTalkingComfortableNever

Over the years, quite a few TV producers proposed that I do a program, but I refused. I didn't want to work on a set that looked like a theater; I wanted a kitchen of the sort every chef dreams about.

Ron Ben-Israel

WorkDreamsChefKitchenWantOver

Religion is like magic. It is all about tricks.

Michel Onfray

ReligionMagicLikeAboutTricks

When someone asks if you'd like cake or pie, why not say you want cake and pie?

Lisa Loeb

BirthdayCakeSomeoneYouPieWant

To win a successful campaign against an opponent that has a lot more name recognition and a lot more money, I have to be edgy.

Corey Stewart

MoneyWinNameRecognitionEdgy

I was never really into partying.

Coco Martin

NeverPartyingReally

Along with you, I have witnessed the unfortunate rise in gasoline prices that has accompanied the summer driving season and the more recent spike in prices due to Hurricane Katrina.

Bob Ney

DrivingYouRiseSummerMoreAlong

When I was a child, sitting in front of the campfire, I wished that I could win the Ballon d'Or.

Paulo Dybala

ChildWinSittingCampfireFront

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