My literary success meant nothing to me. Use this quote
That attitude toward women as objects may have worked for the late Sixties, but it doesn't do so now. Use this quote
Every time there's a revolution, it comes from somebody reading a book about revolution. David Walker wrote a book and Nat Turner did his thing. Use this quote
I don't think I'm such an amazing person who needs to be written about. Use this quote
Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own. Use this quote
My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics. Use this quote
When you live on the road, going home is a place to escape and just be with your family to unwind. Use this quote
For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush. Use this quote
You really have to be a morning person if you want to be a teacher. Use this quote
When you become a parent, or a teacher, you turn into a manager of this whole system. You become the person controlling the bubble of innocence around a child, regulating it. Use this quote
Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all. Use this quote
I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're just a genius. If you can, you know, take a Tide commercial and you can just say one funny line that's not in the commercial they think you're a genius. Use this quote
Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me. Use this quote
I may not be the most famous songwriter in the world, but you know a David Friedman song when you hear it. It took me a long time to appreciate that. Use this quote
It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. Use this quote
Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the 'naturals,' the ones who somehow know how to teach. Use this quote
Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it. Use this quote
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses. Use this quote
My business doesn't keep me warm at night. Use this quote
The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope. Use this quote
