Good Hick Quotes & Sayings

Where absolute superiority is not attainable, you must produce a relative one at the decisive point by making skillful use ofwhat you have. — Carl Von Clausewitz

You [film critics] always overstress the value of images. You judge films in the first place by their visual impact instead of looking for content. This is a great disservice to the cinema. It is like judging a novel only by the quality of its prose. I was guilty of the same sin when I first started writing for the cinema ... Now I feel that only the literary mind can help the movies out of that cul de sac into which they have been driven by mere technicians and artificers. — Orson Welles

When television came out, there was concern it would kill radio. — Kevin Lynch

Holy crap, I'm scared."
"Holy crap, you're human. You should be scared. — James Dashner

Something is lost, but a person does not know what it is; this feeling is indescribable in words, and therefore, it can be experienced only as the emptiness. — Karin Johannisson

I spent well over a year on the road with Sarah Vaughn. That was amazing. — Jan Hammer

We can know what God is not, but we cannot know what He is. — Saint Augustine

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody. — Joseph Heller

Florida's not the hick town you keep saying it is," says Reynolds. "Times have changed; they've got good universities now and a great book festival! Thousands of people come to it! — Margaret Atwood

Stanford had no journalism program so I just learned by doing, effectively. — John Pomfret

It's sad that in a world of billions, people can still feel isolated and alone. Sometimes all it takes to brighten up someone's day is a smile or kind word, or the generous actions of a complete stranger. Small things, the tiny details, these are the things that matter in life - the little glint in the eye, curve of a lip, nod of a head, wave of a hand - such minuscule movements have huge ripple effects. — Shaun Hick

Her voice gave me the impression she was surprised I was capable of good ideas. It was the kind of tone city people used down here when they ordered a large coffee and called it a "Venti Americano." I milled this over, plus her earlier words about backwoods Appalachia, and came to the conclusion she thought I was a hick.

Now, I admit, we have our fair share of hicks in Green Valley, Tennessee. We have hicks, hillbillies, rednecks, bumpkins, and the occasional reclusive yokel. But I was none of these things — Penny Reid

Pound my ass, Joe, like a good gay hick. — Anonymous

Just another cold, misty morning inviting, "want to go again?" — Mary Anne Radmacher

Jenny's absence seems to describe her better than her presence does; she is a looming vessel of her own withholding. — Emily Ruskovich