BOB KERREY – Author Quote Page
KERREY, Bob
Joseph Robert Kerrey, Bob Kerrey
Born: 27 August 1943
Birthplace: Lincoln, Nebraska
American politician, 35th Governor of Nebraska, U.S. Senator, Navy SEAL
Nationality
American
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Commentators, Critics & Pundits
Educators
Journalists
New York (birthplace)
Pulitzer Prize Winners
LEWIS, Anthony
ANTHONY LEWIS – Author Quotes
Douglas MacArthur
CitationMisquotesContextSource ISBNCitation “Human life is but a series of footnotes to a vast obscure unfinished masterpiece.” ~Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-American author “Commentary” (1962) Pale Fire, New York, NY: G.P.Putnam’s Sons, p. 272 Misquotes Re-quote note: Although Nabokov didn't include commas in his original line, it is often paraphrased with additional punctuation: “Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece.” Context Extended excerpt [Fiction. Punctuation is original to cited source.]: “If I correctly understand the sense of this succinct observation, our poet suggests here that human life is but a series of footnotes to a vast obscure unfinished masterpiece.” (p. 272) Source ISBN Source: Library -
WILLIE NELSON – American country music singer-songwriter, actor & activist – AUTHOR QUOTE PAGE
CitationContextSource LinkCitation “Awards become corroded, but friends gather no dust.” ~Jesse Owens, American athlete & orator Address to students & staff of East High School, Phoenix, Arizona, cited in “Former Olympic Star Prescribes Education” (April 1973) article by Isabel Braunstein, Arizona Republic, 14 April 1973, p. 63, column 5 [p. 64 .pdf file]; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com Context Extended excerpt [Newspaper article, describing Owens’ speech to high school students]: “He approves athletics, he said, because they provide other young people, as they provided him, with something to compete and excel in. But he advised: “Athletic awards become tarnished and diplomas fade with passing years. Gold turns green and the ink grays until
CitationContextSource LinkCitation “After a certain number of years, our faces become our biographies.” ~Cynthia Ozick, American author “Cynthia Ozick, The Art of Fiction No. 95” (June 1985) Interview with Tom Teicholz, The Paris Review, No. 102, New York: The Paris Review, Spring 1987; online via The Paris Review, www.theparisreview.org Context Extended excerpt: [Responding to the interviewer’s question about a photo that appears at the back of her book Art & Ardor] “Anxiety at worst but not a scowl. I hope not a scowl! Especially since after a certain number of years, our faces become our biographies. We get to be responsible for our faces.” Source Link Source link: “Cynthia
KISSINGER, Henry