Patricia Highsmith Quotes

My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.

Patricia Highsmith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 19, 1921 - February 4, 1995

Topics

ImaginationPeopleSpeakBetterMuch

Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.

Andrew Vachss

ChildrenSocietyEnemiesAny

Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-brake on.

Maxwell Maltz

LifeDrivingSelf-EsteemThroughLow

When you're making a movie, you don't think about the outcome. That's something I'm grateful for: whenever I go and do a new project, I never think about the outcome. It's always just about the work at hand. That's the fun part. The other part is always something I've had a struggle with, which is promoting the film. I know it's important.

Robert Redford

WorkStruggleGratefulFunThink

I am just like any other girl, a sucker for romance.

Amber Heard

GirlI AmRomanceJustLikeSucker

I like being the underdog. I like turning around and shutting people up when they tell me I can't.

Stipe Miocic

PeopleMeUnderdogTellUpBeing

If anybody has a bad day, they'll just come to my room because they know I'll bring out the positive in everything, or I'll make them laugh, or I'll be just crazy.

Simone Biles

PositiveDayCrazyBad DayLaugh

Soldiers are trained not to be vulnerable, but when they come home, they've got to learn it.

Mary Gauthier

HomeLearnSoldiersGotCome

I started on the original comics from Stan Lee and all the artists and storytellers did from there, and I got to the graphic novel that Chris Clairmont did, which is the one Stryker comes from - 'God Loves, Man Kills', which is a brilliant story.

Josh Helman

GodManStoryBrilliantStartedGot

I don't think I have segments in my life; it runs all together.

Debbie Rowe

LifeTogetherThinkMy LifeRuns

Most people no longer live in nuclear families at all.

Christopher Lasch

LivePeopleMostFamiliesNuclear

But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.

Chris Patten

LeadershipThinkPoliticalDoingYou

We lived in just a studio apartment with just a room and a bed that came out of the wall, and my mom couldn't afford even a Happy Meal. We ate Top Ramen. I had no toys, and I had, like, two shirts, a pair of jeans, and that was it. But I had my mom to myself, and I remember it being the coolest period of time. I loved it. I really loved it.

Brie Larson

TimeMyselfHappyMomLovedWall

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