Frank Deford Quotes

How did females become 'guys?' How did everyone become 'guys?' Remember, too, that a male guy was something of a scoundrel. And a wise guy was a fresh kid, a whippersnapper. In its most other famous evocation, men in Brooklyn said 'youse guys.' Damon Runyon referred to hustlers, gamblers, and other nefarious types as guys.

Frank Deford

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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MenWiseFamousRememberBrooklyn

The biggest thing that I get most excited about is, my family and I would watch television together, and we weren't just passive viewers. Something would happen, and then we would talk about it. When Will Smith was shot on 'Fresh Prince,' that sparked a conversation about safety.

Jerrod Carmichael

FamilyTogetherSafetyConversation

Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea.

John Gunther

GoodCountryGood IdeaOnlyIdea

I think the only kind of acceptable evangelization is the evangelization of good example.

Andrew Greeley

GoodThinkKindGood ExampleExample

I enjoyed singing and playing guitar but didn't have the stamina to make music-making a career. In reality, writing was my real gift, and as soon as I figured that out I never looked back.

Ann Powers

WritingSingingGiftRealityGuitar

I think that all people are many people. I think all people have many, many, many different souls inside, and they just shift from one to the other.

Jeff Buckley

PeopleThinkInsideDifferentJust

I began making pictures because I wanted to record what supports hope: the untranslatable mystery and beauty of the world. Along the way, however, the camera also caught evidence against hope, and I eventually concluded that this, too, belonged in pictures if they were to be truthful and thus useful.

Robert Adams

BeautyHopeWorldCameraMystery

Indeed, the night sky is the part of our environment that's been common to all cultures throughout human history. All have gazed up at the 'vault of heaven' and interpreted it in their own way.

Martin Rees

HistorySkyNightEnvironmentHeaven

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Joseph Addison

LifePerseveranceSuccessFriend

There's a scripture that says, 'A merry heart doeth good like medicine.' I think that's true, too.

Dolly Parton

GoodHeartMedicineThinkTrueLike

Love Comes Quickly is our favourite record ever, and it did really badly.

Chris Lowe

LoveOurDidEverFavouriteReally

If one comes across sometimes as being cold or brusque, it's simply because I'm striving for the best.

Anna Wintour

BestColdStrivingSometimesBeing

Can't you read? The score demands 'con amore', and what are you doing? You are playing it like married men!

Arturo Toscanini

MenDoingYouConPlayingScore

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