Howard Thompson famous quotes

As the lad himself might say, cut my legs off and call me Shorty! Elvis Presley can act...Acting is his assignment in this shrewdly upholstered showcase, and he does it.
-- Howard Thompson

#Cutting #Acting #Doe

This is a really good circus. It has lions, tigers, dogs, monkeys and about any other animal act you can think of. There are a lot of great acts, and it's a two part, two hour show.
-- Howard Thompson

#Dog #Thinking #Animal

With no pretensions of art, Viva Las Vegas, the new Elvis Presley vehicle, is about as pleasant and unimportant as a Banana Split.
-- Howard Thompson

#Art #Vegas #Ice Cream

The atheist worldview of life is a materialistic culture that frees humanity from superstition.
-- Howard Thompson

#Atheist #Humanity #Superstitions

Total victory is the only acceptable goal in a mind-control war because humanity is diminished so long as a single mind remains trapped in superstition [supernatural religion] by programming or choice.
-- Howard Thompson

#War #Long #Goal

This is my life, I thought...I have excised the cancer from my past, cut it out; I have crossed the high plains, descended into the desert, traversed oceans, and planted my feet in new soil; I have been the apprentice, paid my dues, and have just become master of my ship. But when I look down, why do I see the ancient, tarred, mud-stained slippers that I buried at the start of the journey still stuck to my feet?

In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.

Every age cuts and pastes history to suit its own purposes; art always has an ax to grind.

This is what I find most magnetic about successful givers: they get to the top without cutting others down, finding ways of expanding the pie that benefit themselves and the people around them. Whereas success is zero-sum in a group of takers, in groups of givers, it may be true that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something much bigger than ourselves.

God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.

You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.

History does not eliminate grievances. It lays them down like landmines.

While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.

If some hole does not possess striking individuality through some gift of nature, it must be given as much as possible artificially, and the artifice must be introduced in so subtle a manner as to make it seem natural.