Robert Marsh > Robert's Quotes

“If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.”
― Keith Richards, Keith Richards: In His Own Words

“I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!”
― Tom Lehrer

“I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises. ”
― Buzz Aldrin

“Nice people made the best Nazis. My mom grew up next to them. They got along, refused to make waves, looked the other way when things got ugly and focused on happier things than “politics.” They were lovely people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away. You know who weren’t nice people? Resisters.”
― Naomi Shulman

“I don't think when you are telling stories and attempting to be a good citizen of the world that that's political.”
― Bob Iger

“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
― Jack London

“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

“If I write a book I do it mostly for myself for the child in me and for the adult in me. The criterion for my children’s books is: If I were a child would I like it That’s very egotistical but it’s the same thing with my books for adults. I wouldn’t do a book if I didn’t want to partake and share. With a book I can do both: I give and I share.”
― Tomi Ungerer

“The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.”
― Thomas Jefferson

“If you don't like someone's story, write your own.”
― Chinua Achebe

“In the presence of love, all that is false falls away.”
― Michael Blomsterberg