F. Murray Abraham Quotes

My family is blue-collar - coal miners and steelworkers. My father was an automobile mechanic, and us boys were brought up to work. I used to pump gasoline at 11 cents a gallon. I thought I would like to be a first-rate mechanic; a respected, hard-working man.

F. Murray Abraham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 24, 1939

Topics

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Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so do we all, whether we like it or not, perhaps even if we have never known them.

Angela Carter

FatherBackNeverRuinsLikeEven

Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words for communicating what should be done with it.

Alton Brown

HateWordsDoneWriteHeatRecipe

Ultimately, Cole Porter's music might say more about his life than any biography could. His songs, with their witty lyrics and debonair style, are an advertisement for his personality and his public persona.

Stephen McCauley

LifeMusicStylePersonalitySay

What frustrates me about some high-concept shows is that they don't give you information until sweeps, but 'Jericho's' audience will get a large piece of the puzzle every week.

Sprague Grayden

MePuzzleWeekYouInformationWill

We need to pass conservative policy. And we can only advance our values when we are united.

Steve Scalise

ValuesConservativeNeedPolicyPass

I've been watching what I eat. When I was putting on all the weight, I was drinking Guinness and not eating. I didn't have room to because I was drinking all the time.

Robbie Williams

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Wisconsin is very proud of the career and technical college system that we have back home.

Ron Kind

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Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.

Joseph Pulitzer

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I really like the last three Luna records a whole lot, especially 'Penthouse.' I think of all the records I've done, that's my favorite. I don't know why, really. I don't know why some records turn out better than others. It's not a science.

Dean Wareham

ScienceThinkBetterKnowThreeWhy

We've explored very little of the ocean. We really don't know what's out there. But people think we've figured it all out.

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

OceanPeopleThinkKnowOutLittle

I'm not a big music fan. Well, I am a big fan, but I'm not the type of person who buys stuff.

Peter Shilton

MusicI AmPersonBigWellStuff

Whether you are liberal or conservative, people seem to know the talking points for whatever the issue of the day is. Very rarely does it seem like these are opinions that people are coming up with themselves; it's like they watched the right cable news channel, and now they know what they are supposed to think, and they repeat that.

Shane Carruth

DayPeopleThinkTalkingYouKnow

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