Carl Van Vechten Quotes

The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.

Carl Van Vechten

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 17, 1880 - December 21, 1964

Topics

FriendManRememberHimCatWell

When you have children, your house smells very unpleasant all the time.

Jo Brand

ChildrenTimeYouHouseYourSmells

I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.

Jesse Jackson

KnowSpeechesHeardEnvironmentalists

Parents are key when it comes to keeping kids off drugs. Good parenting is the best anti-drug we have.

Mel Carnahan

GoodBestParentingParentsKeyOff

My colleagues and I have gone in the footsteps of our predecessors since the very first day we were called by our people to care for their future. We went any place, we looked for any avenue, we made any effort to bring about negotiations between Israel and its neighbors, negotiations without which peace remains an abstract desire.

Menachem Begin

FutureDayPeaceEffortPeopleCare

All directors are control freaks and very obsessive. I get the feeling that directors as kids, they all have had a childhood with not too much contact with other kids. They constructed their own reality and they continue to do it. It's a funny breed, directors.

Stellan Skarsgard

FunnyChildhoodControlRealityOwn

I love being part of the Chinese scene as a businessman. That doesn't mean that there aren't short-term discomforts and adjustments.

Steve Wynn

LoveMeanBeingBusinessmanChinese

Just because we want something so bad does not mean that God wants it for us, too.

Monica Johnson

GodBadJust BecauseWantMeanUs

Buddy Holly and the early rock 'n' roll was no lighter than the way I play. It's very minimal.

Joni Mitchell

EarlyPlayRockWayRollBuddy

Anything by D. H. Lawrence or Jean Genet - 'Zen Mind,' 'Beginner's Mind' is my daily go to for non-fiction.

Brian J. Smith

DailyMindGoAnythingZenBeginner

America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.

Wilma Mankiller

ThinkingBetterAmericaPlaceMore

I am flattered to have been the woman to have opened the door for female rockers to be accepted into the mainly male industry.

Suzi Quatro

WomanI AmDoorIndustryBeenAm

If we wait for the U.S. to do something, we will be waiting for a very long time. It's Europe, it's Australia, it's the other developed and middle developing countries that have got to do the job.

Susan George

TimeJobWaitingWaitLongWill

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