Paperboy Quotes

“Words in the air blow away as soon as you say them, but words on paper last forever”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“Why do people who can talk right waste so many words saying nothing?”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“I contend that one is likely to find more truth in fiction. A good painting after all is more truthful than a photograph. Remember that, Young Messenger, for all your days.”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“Remember, my young Messenger, that intelligence doesn't always equate to moral actions”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“You can't replace one hurt with another one. You just end up with double hurts.”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“One of the most beautiful happenstances of life is the person doing precisely what he knows is intended for him. Unfortunately a rare situation.”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“Victor: But fiction is a story and nonfiction is the truth.

Mr. Spiro: And I reply that you are referring merely to the rule of law. I contend that one is likely to find more truth in fiction. A good painting after all is more truthful than a photograph. Remember that, Young Messenger, for all your days.”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“But fiction is a story and nonfiction is the truth.

And I reply that you are referring merely to the rule of law. I contend that one is likely to find more truth in fiction. A good painting after all is more truthful than a photograph. Remember that, Young Messenger, for all your days.”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“Words in the air blow away as soon as you say them but words on paper last forever.”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“If you are asking if the story of Jason and the Argonauts is fiction or nonfiction, I will answer that there is no difference between the two in the world I inhabit.”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“Existentialism simply means a person exists as a being because that person alone gives meaning to his or her own life.”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“A good painting after all is more truthful than a photograph. Remember that, Young Messenger, for all your days.”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. I burned that sentence on to my brain like Ted Williams’s name was burned on to my Louisville Slugger baseball bat. I was the one smiling now. Whoever this Voltaire guy was he threw a hard one right down the middle when he said that. I guess people were using words to keep you from knowing what they were thinking when Mr. Voltaire lived in France and they were sure doing it big time in Memphis in 1959.”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. I burned that sentence on to my brain like Ted Williams’s name was burned on to my Louisville Slugger baseball bat.”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“Why do s-s-s-s-people who can talk right waste so s-s-s-s-many words saying s-s-s-s-nothing?”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“Putting it simply. Listen to your speech teacher. Practice what is taught and you will find your voice. It may not be the voice of your choosing but you will do well by it.”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can’t utter.” James Earl Jones, noted actor and the resonating voice of Darth Vader, spoke those words because he knew the pain of a stutter as a young person. Through hard work and perseverance, he was able to gain control of his speech, turning his voice into a magnificent tool.”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“s-s-s-s-And my soul doesn’t s-s-s-s-stutter.”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“Remember, my young Messenger, that intelligence doesn’t always equate to moral actions.”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“I will play Socrates and ask you a question. Why can’t everyone in the sixth grade throw a ball as hard and as straight as you can? s-s-s-s-Because …”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“That didn’t make any sense to me because a god who would play dirty tricks on a kid like that didn’t know very much about being a god.”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“The Something I Was Coming Down With was the same thing I had been coming down with every minute of my talking life.”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy

“La parole a eté donnée a l’homme pour déguiser sa pensée.”
― Vince Vawter, Paperboy