Birren Quotes & Sayings

For after all, a poster does more than simply
supply information on the goods it advertises;
it also reveals a society's state of mind — Armin Hofmann

True citizens are not the audience of their government, nor its consumers; they are its makers. — Lewis Hyde

I was 25 and the most popular celebrity in the world, with the possible exception of my friend Mary Pickford. — Gloria Swanson

We did a lot of fight scenes in 'Hitman: Agent 47,' so you have to learn repetitious movements to music; otherwise, it's amazingly boring. Michael Jackson was our savior. — Hannah Ware

Since the end of the 1970s, something has gone profoundly wrong in America. Inequality has soared. Educational progress slowed. Incarceration rates quintupled. Family breakdown accelerated. Median household income stagnated. — Nicholas Kristof

A wonderful world would be a place where we can openly, honestly share things and it's done the same way in return. Do you suppose we're going to get that world anytime soon? I don't expect it. So I am practical. I work to have people close to me whom I can openly and honestly share with. And from that base of safety and trust, I can extend my sharing out into the world. — John Morton

As much as I like it when a book I'm writing speeds along, the downside can be that an author becomes too eager to finish and rushes the end. The end is even more important than the first page, and rushing can damage it. — David Morrell

The sitcom's traditional role has been to comfort the viewer who feels burdened by the unreality of American expectations. — Lee Siegel

As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Love is everything. And that's all we know about it. — Emily Dickinson