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Ed Koch Quotes

The art of creation is older than the art of killing.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: american
Birth: December 12, 1924 - February 1, 2013

Topics

Art Creation Older Than

What makes a good nanny? A good nanny is someone who really wants to do the job. Someone who loves children, who really values what she does and, of course, is valued by her employer.

Good Children Job Someone Values

There are some harsh realities about this business, and they've been beaten into my psyche. But I'm more of an optimist than a pessimist.

Business More Optimist Pessimist

The stage is such an investment, and it's so emotional that it's really hard to tell how that will go.

Stephen Dillane

Go Investment Will Hard Stage Tell

I met all my heroes on the oldies circuit: Gary U.S. Bonds, Lloyd Price, Little Richard.

Steven Van Zandt

Price Heroes Little Oldies Circuit

It is my really sincere desire that we get an opportunity to play long enough for people to really grab on and become fans, because I think it's a great project.

Opportunity Great People Think Play

Listen to me: Leek is a vegetable. It can be the center of a dish.

Me Listen Center Vegetable Dish

In swimming, especially training out in the ocean and open water, you got fogged-over goggles, you're stuck with your own thoughts - there's great benefits to that, deep thinking like that after many hours, but there's also tremendous loneliness. You burn out. You want to run, jump, ski, do anything. So at age 30, I was finished.

Age Great Loneliness Water Ocean

I wish there were more true conversion, and then there would not be so much backsliding, and, for fear of suffering, living at ease, when there are so few to contend for Christ and His cause.

Fear Suffering Wish Living True

My father was one of the greatest professional bowlers of all time. Seriously. Billy Hardwick: PBA Hall of Fame, Player of the Year in '63 and '69, and the first winner of the triple crown of bowling, among other things.

Father Time Winner Crown Year Fame

What's immediately profitable is the only kind of logic that capitalism understands.

Capitalism Logic Kind Profitable

In everything I've written, the crime has always just been an occasion to write about other things. I don't have a picture of myself as writing crime novels. I like fairly strong narratives, but it's a way of getting a plot moving.

Myself Moving Writing Strong Picture

Different people call me different things. In America, people really struggle with my name, so I don't have a nickname as such. I've had Sharlito, Sheldon, Charldo, really interesting variations on the name.

Struggle People Me Name Interesting

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