P. L. Travers Quotes

I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.

P. L. Travers

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: australian
  • Birth: August 9, 1899 - April 23, 1996

Topics

MyselfInspirationUpCannotAm

A good plate of sushi after an opening helps to soothe that post-opening blues - especially since you feel like raw meat yourself.

Jim Drain

GoodYourselfFeelYouBluesSushi

I suspect that war will become obsolete only when something worse supercedes it.

Joe Haldeman

WarWillBecomeSomethingWorse

Within the cult of Wall Street that forged Mitt Romney, making money justifies any behavior, no matter how venal.

Matt Taibbi

MoneyBehaviorMaking MoneyWall

I still feel 29. Maybe I should act my age more, but I just can't.

Ronnie Wood

AgeFeelMoreActJustStill

The reality is, to watch Jon Stewart, you already have to have watched the news. In other words, it's not funny if he does a joke about John McCain and they don't know who John McCain is.

Roger Ailes

FunnyWordsRealityYouNewsKnow

History has shown that incumbents tend to fight trends that challenge established ways and, in the process, lose focus on what matters most: customers.

Jason Kilar

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I think Americans generally are not used to working very hard, in terms of working for the collective. I think in our country we have taken individualism to its farthest reaches, possibly.

Alice Walker

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Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.

William James

GreatResourcesGreaterUsShowOur

I'm saying this as a Republican: In the White House, the effort that goes in and wherever these decisions are made, as to limit civilian casualties, is more probably than any in the history of the world, especially when you consider the history of warfare.

Peter T. King

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I cannot hold a grudge against Mariah Carey. What people don't understand is that I've looked up to her for so many years.

Nicki Minaj

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Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.

Rene Descartes

ScienceProblemsProblemRuleOther

Musicians of any era - whether it be The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Rage Against the Machine, or, of course, Madonna - will inspire fashion. And we, in turn, will inspire them.

Renzo Rosso

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