Ben Hecht Quotes

I have written a raucous valentine to a poet's dream and agony.

Ben Hecht

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 28, 1894 - April 18, 1964

Topics

DreamPoetAgonyValentineWritten

There is nothing worse for me than sitting in traffic. That's what killed me in L.A.

Joe Montana

MeTrafficSittingNothingWorse

If you do the best you can, you never have to look back.

Joe Torre

BestYouLookBackNever

We're big fans of the idea that faith without works is dead.

John Tesh

FaithDeadWithoutFansBigIdea

My past makes me an insider, but my profession makes me an outsider. A writer always stands outside to report on reality.

Amitava Kumar

PastMeRealityOutsideAlways

I've found that people who design computers don't know a lot about displays.

Mary Lou Jepsen

PeopleComputersDesignKnowFound

I just believe that sometimes in life you're like a shark - you have to keep moving through water; otherwise, you'll die.

Michelle Ryan

LifeWaterMovingBelieveDieYou

Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers.

Julia Gillard

NatureTimeYouKnowRealisticWho

I knew police officers have a very difficult job. They have to make split second decisions that will impact not only the communities they serve but their families, their own personal lives.

Doug Baldwin

PoliceJobImpactDecisionsPersonal

I may be the only shark who hasn't been on QVC, but I have learned a lot from those folks about what it takes to get a product on store shelves.

Chris Sacca

I Have LearnedProductSharkMayGet

I shall refract myself, yes, I shall no longer be known as the prism.

Bruce Dickinson

MyselfPrismYesKnownShallLonger

The best start-ups might be considered slightly less extreme kinds of cults. The biggest difference is that cults tend to be fanatically wrong about something important. People at a successful start-up are fanatically right about something those outside it have missed.

Peter Thiel

BestPeopleWrongImportantMissed

Aging bodies are fiscal black holes into which you can pour endless amounts of money.

Richard Lamm

MoneyAgingBlackYouEndlessHoles

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