I'm not a politician. I'd make a lousy politician.

I was a lousy nun. I couldn't do it. I couldn't find God. It wasn't suitable for me. It is suitable for very few…

— Karen Armstrong

Poetry is a lousy form of activism; it doesn't really change much. And maybe we can point to one or two historical times when…

— Daphne Gottlieb

I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.

— Anonymous

We should abolish 'work.' By that I mean abolishing the distinction between work and leisure, one of the greatest mistakes of the last century,…

— Theodore Zeldin

I worked in three local news markets and in every single one of them, they said: 'You're a lousy anchor. We would love to…

— Elizabeth Vargas

It's well known that actors are lousy writers.

— Anonymous

I'm a lousy reader.

— Broderick Crawford

“Welcome to sporadic and lousy service from your new carrier. We hope you enjoy sounding like you’re in a barrel.”

— Nic Tatano

I know a lot of people in the business recommend the many Story Structure seminars being offered here, but I point to them as…

— Douglas Wood

Writing is pretty flexible work, don't you think? If you want to surf, you just have to get a lot done when the waves…

— William Finnegan

“He played a great part in my life. It was great in that it was a majority of time, but it wasn’t great as…

— Jarod Kintz

When you come off that last hole and you've just finished a good round of golf, life is good. When you come off that…

— Tom Watson

We used to say poor people had lousy genes. Then we decided that wasn't OK, but we transferred the prejudice to upbringing. We said,…

— Malcolm Gladwell

Tax cuts were not going to be effective at creating jobs, and the job creation record is lousy.

— Paul Krugman

“Would that I were still a ludicrous character in his lousy book!”

— Philip Roth