Walter Lord Quotes

It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs all came through like heroes. But as a matter of fact, sometimes the poor slobs behave like slobs and the great, noble, privileged characters come off very well, indeed.

Walter Lord

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 8, 1917 - May 19, 2002

Topics

GreatPeopleRichBe NiceNiceSay

So much of what happened to India late last year and early into 2011 is the same story we've seen with other big emerging markets, and that is that investors started to realize that the growth trajectory in India would have to get moderated by tightening policy.

Jerry A. Webman

GrowthStoryYearEarlyLateIndia

When I was a child, I saw in the news that a person from Belitung had done well in sports in Jakarta, and I just couldn't imagine that it was possible for someone from here to become famous, and it's still very isolated out here.

Andrea Hirata

SportsChildFamousSomeonePerson

People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom has always been that boys can't manage it.

Anna Quindlen

GirlWisdomPeopleBlameSaidShe

Forget 'full of myself,' I'm not remotely impressed with myself.

Jeff Garlin

MyselfForgetImpressedFull

In 1984, as a college freshman, I spent a fall weekend at a friend's house in suburban Chicago. His father worked for Beatrice Foods, a sponsor of the Chicago Marathon, and we watched that race from the finish line as a Welshman named Steve Jones set a new world marathon record. I was bewitched by the race and, especially, the clock.

Steve Rushin

FriendFatherCollegeWorldWeekend

I love not only the chubby ones, but also the skinny ones, black hair, the blondes... when I get up the stage, I give myself completely.

Romeo Santos

LoveMyselfHairBlackStageSkinny

We used to tell our receivers, 'If you want to run an inside breaking route, and you want to fight for yardage after the catch, you better be careful, because these defensive players, they're on the hunt.'

Jon Gruden

FightBetterYouWantRunInside

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.

Dr. Seuss

LifeLookingEndLaughYouLiving

Real-life things, like spiders and snakes, that doesn't scare me, but if it's a monster or a ghost or an alien, that will always scare me.

Claire Coffee

MeAlienWillAlwaysMonsterGhost

I have a great fondness for the liars in my stories.

Alice McDermott

GreatLiarsStoriesFondness

We are the meeting place, an entity that's trying to connect faith and culture.

William P. Leahy

FaithCultureTryingPlaceMeeting

Mercedes does beautiful work, absolutely.

Sebastian Thrun

WorkBeautifulMercedesAbsolutely

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