Samuel B. Pettengill famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • The last chapter in any successful genocide is the one in which the oppressor can remove their hands and say, 'My God, what are these people doing to themselves? They're killing each other. They're killing themselves while we watch them die.' This is how we came to own these United States. This is the legacy of manifest destiny.

  • A successful film is a good film, and a non-successful film is a bad film. It's as simple as that.

  • Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet.

  • People are stupid. There's a lot of dumb stuff that's successful.

  • I don't know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties.

  • Pay attention to where you are going because without meaning you might get nowhere.

  • If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as a feeder when you have enough money to pay the check but not enough to produce indifference of the total.

  • To the extent that language forces experiences into categories it is a screen between reality and the human being. In a word, we pay for its benefits... Therefore, while using language, as we must of necessity, we should be aware of its shortcomings.

  • So you have to just be really careful and make sure that when a deal comes along, that it's like the right deal for you... not necessarily the most money, because you have to pay the record label that back in like record sales and stuff.

  • Everything shapes you to be the person you are today. Sometimes hard lessons pay off dividends.

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