Edith Wharton Quotes

I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views.

Edith Wharton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937

Topics

GoodPoliticalEnoughNeverBeing

The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar.

Jimi Hendrix

LoveTimeSacrificeGuitarYouLike

It is clear that the economy has not gotten better for everyone.

Jerry Costello

BetterEconomyEveryoneClearGotten

I always believe that most people could do it. I mean obviously I didn't just sit and stand. I used to love cradling the gun and just posing with the hand cocked ready to fire the gun, and the costume helped a great deal.

Jeremy Bulloch

LoveGreatFirePeopleBelieveGun

Great brands and great businesses have to be great storytellers, too. We have to tell stories - emotive, compelling stories - and even more so because we're nonfiction.

Angela Ahrendts

GreatMoreTellNonfictionBecause

I have inherited my father's sense of humour about myself. It's a lot more pleasant to make fun of yourself than when someone else does.

Stephen Sondheim

FatherMyselfYourselfFunSomeone

Looking back, I feel very fortunate to have had such a long career. Many skaters end their careers in their early 20s. I had the opportunity to go to two Olympic Games - almost three after being the alternate in 1994 and then in 2006 being injured.

Michelle Kwan

OpportunityLooking BackLookingEnd

There isn't a fight that I'm in that I'm not asking the question, 'What could we have done to avoid this?' Or, 'What can we do to avoid this in the future in terms of the kinds of things that we see?'

Michael Mullen

FutureFightDoneSeeThingsAsking

Gossip is news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.

Liz Smith

RedDressGossipNewsAheadRunning

I loved all the world's mythologies.

Lloyd Alexander

WorldLoved

Some of the immediate causes of Jack Abramoff's troubles were some Indian elections that went bad for him.

Joshua Micah Marshall

BadHimElectionsTroublesSome

At the end of the day, we want love, and we want to feel loved.

Jon Bellion

LoveDayEnd Of The DayEndLoved

Memo to Congress: America's problem is not that government is too small. It's the spending, stupid!

Bob Beauprez

GovernmentStupidSmallProblemMemo

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