Herb Gardner famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

You have got to own your days and live them, each one of them, every one of them, or else the years go by and none of them belong to you.
-- Herb Gardner

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A man who is not touched by the earthy lyricism of hot pastrami, the pungent fantasy of corned beef, pickles, frankfurters, the great lusty impertinence of good mustard is a man of stone and without heart.
-- Herb Gardner

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Treat God like a dangerous loony - keep him calm and stay on his good side.
-- Herb Gardner

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You have to own your days and name them, each one of them, every one of them, or else the years go right by and none of them belong to you.
-- Herb Gardner

#Years
You treat God like you treat any dangerous looney — keep him calm and stay on his good side.
-- Herb Gardner

#Sides #Calm #Treats

I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.
Iâ€™m not a fan of â€˜write what you know.â€™ If you donâ€™t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing â€˜The Year of Living Biblically.â€™ That was kind of the point â€“ to learn.
Med students panic their first year when they learn all the diseases. It's not until the second year that they learn the cures.
The World Health Organization ... estimated that 1.6 million years of healthy living are lost every year in Europe because of noise pollution.
In 1917 European history, in the old sense, came to an end. World history began. It was the year of Lenin and Woodrow Wilson, both of whom repudiated the traditional standards of political behaviour. Both preached Utopia, Heaven on Earth. It was the moment of birth for our contemporary world.
One of the penalties of being president of the United States is that you must subsist for four years without drinking anything except Californian wine.
If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year.
A man who has made up his mind on a given subject twenty-five years ago and continues to hold his political opinions after he has been proved to be wrong is a man of principle; while he who from time to time adapts his opinions to the changing circumstances of life is an opportunist.
Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Obama, Thank you for sending me Christmas and New Year greetings yet again. Welcome back to India... Would have loved to host you at my concert in Baroda on the 26th!

Herb Gardner famous quotes

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