"In all their wars against the French they [the Americans] never showed such conduct, attention and perseverance as they do now."

-- Thomas Gage

#Perseverance Quotes #War Quotes #History Quotes

“I hate putting negative energy out into the world. But it's either inside or out. I mean, it's either get an ulcer or have a fight.”
“I've always been a little bit more of a novel reader than a short story reader. I think the first books that made me want to be a writer were novels.”

Source : "Off the Page" with Carole Burns, www.washingtonpost.com. December 12, 2007.
“The human family has invaluable friends and irreplaceable allies in the plant and animal worlds. We cannot continue to tug at the web of life without tearing a hole in the very fabric of our earthly existence-and eventually falling through that hole ourselves.”
“I just want my stories to be mine.”
“Each work of art is a collection of signs invented during the picture's execution to suit the needs of their position. Taken out of the composition for which they were created, these signs have no further use.”
“If I had wanted only to make lots of money, I would have chosen a different profession.”
“I think it is that parents just don't kick their kids out the door as much as they used to. I think the demise of sandlot sports has had a lot to do with it.”
“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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