Irving Stone Quotes

I slept in van Gogh's bed. I worked in the room where he painted. I saw the place where he was cared for when he cut off his ear. I lived in the jail cell where he stayed. And I looked out the window. You remember that picture of the cornfields through the bars? That was what I saw.

Irving Stone

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 14, 1903 - August 26, 1989

Topics

WindowPictureRememberYouPlace

Foreign languages are another favourite topic, and as these men are bilingual they have a fair notion of what it means to speak and think in many different idioms.

John Millington Synge

MenSpeakThinkFairDifferentMany

When you think of how history is revealed, we know certain things to be facts at certain periods of time, which turn out not to be so factual as time marches on.

John Malkovich

HistoryTimeThinkFactsYouKnow

I've been so involved with TV shows, I've been unavailable for films, which is my dream.

Russell Tovey

DreamInvolvedBeenTVTV Shows

I'm intolerant often, especially of incompetence, particularly my own.

Liz Trotta

My OwnIncompetenceOwnOften

I am a little nervous with strangers. But I'm not tight inside. I think I am impulsive.

Jose Carreras

I AmThinkStrangersNervousInside

Johnson Publishing offered me an opportunity to build back iconic brands like 'Ebony' and 'Jet' magazines.

Desiree Rogers

OpportunityMeBackBuildPublishing

You take a plug and put it in a socket, and that's what the theatre is-it lights up right away. You speak, and they respond immediately.

Chita Rivera

TheatreSpeakYouLightsRightUp

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.

Chuck Schumer

MoneyWarInfrastructureBeenSpend

There's something very strange about Sherlock Holmes, especially if you're an English schoolboy. When you read the stories, they stay with you forever.

Anthony Horowitz

YouStrangeForeverStaySomething

All told, these profit levels have put the world's five largest publicly traded oil companies on track to earn more than $100 billion before year's end. Yet, at the same time that Big Oil's bottom line is going up, so are Americans' energy costs.

Allyson Schwartz

TimeWorldEnergyEndYearProfit

We've built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.

Shakira

WorkTeachAfricaStudentsHaiti

I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. I don't like it. It shouldn't be in the world or in the United States.

Tim Hardaway

I AmPeopleWorldGayUnitedLike

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