Ironweed Book Quotes & Sayings

A golf course is for golf. A tennis court is for tennis. A prison camp is for escaping. — Pierre Fresnay

Nothing changes the gender equation more significantly than women's economic freedom. — Gloria Steinem

Bottom line: if you show a genuine interest in learning about how others became successful, you can open up a world of opportunities. — Armstrong Williams

With a single breath you can change your brain and transform your approach to everyday life. — Randy Kamen

What other people believe shouldn't (be allowed to) hurt me. — Christina Engela

Any reductionist program has to be based on an analysis of what is to be reduced. If the analysis leaves something out, the problem will be falsely posed. — Thomas Nagel

His eyes went again to the crucifix above his head, reflected in the mirror. The strained arms, the arched spine. All that effort to open the gates of heaven for us and we (he thought) probably spend out first hours among the heavenly hosts settling old scores with relatives. — Alice McDermott

Every time someone does a Western movie, people flock to it. It's like, we're continually programming to people who are least likely to watch us. People in Nebraska aren't watching things on the computer, they're watching television. Why aren't we programming things for them? We only program things that appeal to New York and Los Angeles and in many ways spit on the rest of the country. — Edward Allen Bernero

In your country club, your church, and business, about fifteen percent of the people are screwballs, lightweights, and boobs, and you would not want those people unrepresented in Congress. — Alan K. Simpson

True modernism is freedom of mind, not slavery of taste. It is independence of thought and action, not tutelage under European schoolmasters. — Rabindranath Tagore

I want to create economic opportunity at home and abroad. I don't want just one or the other. I want both. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake. — Akio Morita