Afterlife Gary Soto Quotes & Sayings

Parents, preachers, and politicians think rock music is the source of young people's despair. They don't understand it's just a reflection. They also forget that music can be a source of hope, a reason to live. — Jeri Smith-Ready

I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt's influence in the world. — W. Averell Harriman

I think the name of the show, 'This American Life' - we named it that just because it seemed like it made the thing feel big. But we don't think about whether it's an American story or not. We happen to be Americans. I think for the stories to work, they have to be universal. — Ira Glass

Don't be so caught up in the noble cause of responsibility that you lose your passion for who you are living for. — Shannon L. Alder

I can't point to my work and say, 'This is my work.' My work lives in me, so when people criticize my work, they're also criticizing me. It's really hard to sort of divorce that sensitivity. — Frankie J. Alvarez

Come now, my dear fellow. Expertise is none the less admirable for being of an unsavoury variety. — Lyndsay Faye

Here, for a moment, we are joined. — Ron Silliman

In his attempt to graft my attributes onto his own belief system, one just would not take: my rabid feminism, which for me was the idea that no kind of sex is shameful and any kind of violence (including psychological, including societal mores) is. This is the unspoken reverse of American thinking in general, and of rich men in particular. I am often inappropriate. — Lisa Crystal Carver

Any place is a good place to begin. — Marty Rubin

As Shakespeare points out, it is common for people to die. Going — Jeff VanderMeer

There are places to go beyond belief, — Neil Armstrong

Forgetting is something that time takes care of, but forgiveness is an act of volition, and only the sufferer is qualified to make the decision. — Simon Wiesenthal

If we accept the unacceptable today, what's the outlook for tomorrow going to be? — George Booth

Screw chocolate. A good steak is where it's at. — A.D. Posey