Wampeters Quotes & Sayings

If you want to be a rich person ... don't let the poor person inside of you do your talking. — Robert Kiyosaki

I think perfect objectivity is an unrealistic goal; fairness, however, is not. — Michael Pollan

In America, we have a government that some people believe is too big and overbearing, yet, when it comes to guns, we might as well have no government at all. — David Horsey

If you read a part that you want to play, and you already know you have actors you want to work with but it's not on the page, it's not going to be on the screen. So that is the most difficult thing to do for a producer, is to get a script that attracts this kind of talent. — Jerry Bruckheimer

Discard yourself and thereby regain yourself. Spread the trap of humility and ensnare love. — Rumi

You must make a choice, to take a chance, or your life will never change. — Jay McLean

I have graded my separate works from A to D. The grades I hand out to myself do not place me in literary history. I am comparing myself with myself. Thus can I give myself an A-plus for Cat's Cradle, while knowing that there was a writer named William Shakespeare. The report card is chronological, so you can plot my rise and fall on graph paper, if you like:
Player Piano B
The Sirens of Titan A
Mother Night A
Cat's Cradle A-plus
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater A
Slaughterhouse-Five A-plus
Welcome to the Monkey House B-minus
Happy Birthday, Wanda June D
Breakfast of Champions C
Wampeters, Foma & Grandfalloons C
Slapstick D
Jailbird A
Palm Sunday C — Kurt Vonnegut