"You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed."

-- Carlisle Floyd

#Writing Quotes #Age Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“The intrusions of the white race and the non- compliance with treaty obligations have been followed by atrocities that could alone satisfy a savage and revengeful spirit.”

Source : NELSON A. MILES (1911). “SERVING THE REPUBLIC”
“Im sometimes mistaken as the wife of the chairman. I just laugh it off.”
“History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.”

Source : The History Boys, www.imdb.com. 2006.
“I don't mind people thinking I'm stupid, but I don't want to give them any proof.”

Source : Bum Phillips, Gabe Semenza (2010). “Bum Phillips: Coach, Cowboy, Christian”, p.19, Lucid Books
“Iâ€™m very attracted to things that I canâ€™t define.”
“As I have found out, recognition has its upside, its downside and â€“ you may say â€“ its backside.”

Source : "The 'backside' of fame: Pippa warns about the perils of recognition after THAT bridesmaid's dress." by Anna Edwards, www.dailymail.co.uk. February 26, 2014.
“I sing both in my shower and in my car, mostly in my car, because I have this weird thing - whenever I'm singing to the radio - my friends kind of hate it - but I pick out the harmonies in my head, and I'm singing the harmonies to the tracks and I'm jamming it out.”
“My biggest job really is to figure other people out. I need to understand what makes a person tick.”

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