Alperin Fried Quotes & Sayings

For, what though his Head be empty, provided his Common place-Book be full ... — Jonathan Swift

One of the things that I think is such a constant in country music is that the song is so much a story. I believe it is supposed to be based around a story. — Suzy Bogguss

The bigger your mission becomes, the greater inspiration you will be given. — Ryuho Okawa

We've got the government shutdown, but the beginning of Obamacare. You know what that means? You can now complain to your doctor about the government making you sick. — Jay Leno

President Kennedy's election was such an enlargement. It expanded religious freedom to include the highest office in the land. President Kennedy's administration was such an enlargement. It advanced the day when the bars of intolerance against all minority groups will be lifted, not only for the presidency, but for all aspects of our national life. — Robert Kennedy

Be he poor, be he friendless,here he may acquire distinction, the reward of merit alone. Knowledge to him will here unfold her ample page; all the spoils of time, all the treasures of thought, and all the bright domains of a glorious future, may here become his. — Charles Nicholson

To try to explain something as "I love it" and "It's fun" would be like describing the sunset over the middle of the ocean as "bright and pretty." It's just not that simple. — Tara Dakides

Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse. — Barbara Brown Taylor

There is nothing free except the Grace of God. — Charles Portis

Pulp paperbacks have always provided a training ground for men, Some of them went on to become respected authors - Dean Koontz, Nelson DeMille and Martin Cruz Smith, for example. Why couldn't a woman? — Gayle Lynds