Sam Weller Quotes

Although he moved away from the Midwest for good at the age of thirteen, Ray Bradbury is a prairie writer. The prairie is in his voice, and it is his moral compass. It is his years spent in Waukegan, Illinois - later rechristened by Ray as 'Green Town' in many books and stories - that forever shaped him.

Sam Weller

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 31, 1967

Topics

GoodAgeGreenVoiceMoralCompass

Every dollar of tax imposed on our exchanges in the shape of duties impairs, to that extent, our capacity to meet the severe competition to which we are exposed; and nothing but a system of high protective duties, long continued, can prevent us from meeting it successfully. It is that which we have to fear.

John C. Calhoun

FearCompetitionLongMeetingMeet

You can't teach standup comedy. You can teach someone how to formulate a joke, but making it funny is different.

Jermaine Fowler

FunnyComedySomeoneYouTeachJoke

Part of the transaction between writer and reader is the pleasure of building a community and encouraging people to play along.

John Hodgman

CommunityPeopleBuildingPlayAlong

The experience of reading a printed comic book will never change, but now, thanks to the digital age, there are many different ways to enjoy the same story. Digital comic books, of course, can be interactive in many different ways, allowing the reader to feel like a participant in the story.

Stan Lee

ChangeAgeExperienceBookReading

The connections I draw between human nature and political systems in my new book, for example, were prefigured in the debates during the Enlightenment and during the framing of the American Constitution.

Steven Pinker

NatureBookConstitutionConnections

Do your duty in all things, like the old Puritan. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.

Robert E. Lee

WishYouDutyMoreNeverOld

We very quickly forget about the wonderful things we've got. People lose their excitement because there's too much. Basically we're experiencing nothing, because everything is available to us.

Robin Ince

PeopleLoseToo MuchForgetNothing

The bad-boy label is just an assumption.

Russell Brand

JustLabelBad-BoyAssumption

The problem remains that the market is grossly distorted by Canadian unfair trade practices.

Mike Crapo

ProblemUnfairTradeMarketCanadian

'Medea' is an enormous challenge for an actor physically, mentally, emotionally. You have to dig very, very deep, and to work, your performance has to be very personal.

Diana Rigg

WorkChallengePerformanceDeepYou

A smile is like an instant facelift and an instant mood lift.

Christie Brinkley

SmileLiftMoodLikeInstant

I believe with my sage and epigrammatic friend P. J. O'Rourke that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take it all away.

Christopher Buckley

FriendGovernmentBelieveEnoughYou

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