Karl Marlantes Quotes

I was given the ability to create stories and characters. That's my part of the long chain of writers, publishers, agents, booksellers, librarians, and a host of others who eventually deliver literature to the world. I want to do for others what Eudora Welty did for me.

Karl Marlantes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 24, 1944

Topics

MeWorldLiteratureLongCreate

I think playing the glamour card is a disastrous error as a literary writer.

Jennifer Egan

ThinkGlamourPlayingErrorWriter

There are loads of actresses that modelled. They just weren't famous. There weren't a lot that were really known as models that became actresses, but there are hordes of them that did modelling before such as Anjelica Huston, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone, Demi Moore and Geena Davis. There are loads of 'em.

Andie MacDowell

FamousStoneJustDidModelling

I have learned that nothing is certain except for the need to have strong risk management, a lot of cash, the willingness to invest even when the future is unclear, and great people.

Jeffrey R. Immelt

FutureGreatPeopleManagementNeed

There are so many people who just want a flashy object in front of their eyes and don't want to think at all; I find that disturbing.

Andy Kindler

EyesPeopleThinkFindWantJust

Have you noticed the debt is exploding? And it's not all because of Medicare.

Ron Paul

YouDebtBecauseMedicareNoticed

I can say I am playing some of the best football of my career at 31. So maybe I can play better as I get older.

Luka Modric

BestFootballI AmBetterCareer

I'm looking forward to talking to Bill Parcells, too, and to seeing how that marriage with Jerry Jones goes.

Lisa Guerrero

MarriageLooking ForwardForwardHow

I think we women underrate ourselves when it comes to our courage and strength.

Judith McNaught

StrengthWomenCourageThinkI Think

I tell myself every day I love my Jacuzzi, I love my marble floors, I love my high ceilings.

DJ Khaled

LoveMyselfDayEvery DayTellHigh

In most of America, it seems you don't matter if you're not between 25 and 50.

Winona LaDuke

AmericaYouMatterSeemsBetween

Historically, the stuff of the universe goes on becoming concentrated into ever more organized forms of matter.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

UniverseMatterMoreOrganizedStuff

A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.

Tibor Fischer

PoliticalOutSocialRoleSpeaking

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