Abraham A. Ribicoff Quotes

You should not do an autobiography if you want to tell the truth. There are a lot of things I know about people. If I can't say something good about a person, I don't want to say anything. And since I don't want to say anything bad, I won't write a book.

Abraham A. Ribicoff

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 9, 1910 - February 22, 1998

Topics

GoodTruthPeopleBookYouBad

I think everybody has a secret life.

Joanne Harris

LifeThinkSecretEverybodyI Think

I am a hardcore foodie, which means I love to eat. I was also born with cerebral palsy, which means I shake all the time - so cooking is not my thing, as I am banned from being around knives and fire. Those who cannot cook, watch, and I am obsessed with cooking shows.

Maysoon Zayid

LoveTimeCookingFireI AmBorn

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.

John Locke

MenChildQuestionsUnexpectedMore

Records were vitally important to the development of music and of all music cultures. With that being pushed by the wayside, I can't see an iPod uniting us. In fact it separates us, the streets are full of people bumping into lamp posts, listening to their own little universe, and there's no sharing in that.

John Lydon

MusicPeopleListeningUniverseSee

I've been talking about the centrality of libraries in our information society for a while now.

Matthew Lesko

SocietyTalkingInformationNowBeen

I like what Don Imus has done through the years to help kids with cancer at the Imus Ranch. He has raised awareness about autism. He has done any number of good things.

Steve Capus

GoodGood ThingsHelpDoneAwareness

Most of my films seem to be about people bewildered by the world around them, who don't fit into it and are trying to understand it.

Roger Michell

PeopleWorldTryingUnderstandSeem

I basically started performing for my mother, going, 'Love me!' What drives you to perform is the need for that primal connection. When I was little, my mother was funny with me, and I started to be charming and funny for her, and I learned that by being entertaining, you make a connection with another person.

Robin Williams

FunnyLoveMotherMeLove MeYou

You can't be happy by doing something groovy.

Bob Dylan

HappyBe HappyDoingYouSomething

We are the first to honour the memories of those who perished through slavery, by declaring August 1 as Emancipation Day.

Anthony Carmona

MemoriesDaySlaveryFirstThrough

I'm not funny ha-ha, but I look for real humour in just about everything I've ever played.

William Fichtner

FunnyLookRealEverythingHumour

I'm just a big homebody and love word games like Scrabble and Boggle.

Sung Hi Lee

LoveGamesBigJustLikeScrabble

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