Adams Quotes

82 Adams quotes by 73 unique authors

The more Adams thought about the future of his country, the more convinced he became that it rested on education. Before any great things are… — David McCullough
Ever since celestial mechanics in the skillful hands of Leverrier and Adams led to the world-amazed discovery of Neptune, a belief has existed begotten of… — Percival Lowell
That this gentleman [President John Adams] ought not to be the object of the federal wish, is, with me, reduced to demonstration. His administration has… — Alexander Hamilton
My prose style at this time was a stomach-twisting blend of the Bible, Carl Sandburg, H.L. Mencken, Jeffrey Farnol, Christopher Morley, Samuel Pepys, and Franklin… — Elwyn Brooks White
I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles. — Gavin Bryars
The economic answer to the world's problems is John Adams, not [Karl] Marx. — John Ringo
You gotta be think'n Sam Adams, not drink'n Sam Adams — Sarah Palin
Perhaps no American family-with the possible exception of the Adams family-has had a more vivid and powerful impact on the life of their times. But… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
The fact is that a car used by Gerry Adams and myself during the course of the Mitchell review was bugged by elements within British… — Martin McGuinness
I'm always looking for a way to surprise audiences. That's, I feel, my job as a director. I felt that Amy Adams playing a tough… — David O. Russell
I think I get some of my love of adult books that can be fun from Douglas Adams. — Erin Morgenstern
I got to play with ZZ Top and introduce Bryan Adams and George Michael. And to have it all topped off by me winning 'American… — David Cook
My first day on the set of 'John Adams', I was just supposed to fly to Virginia for a costume fitting. But the director figured,… — Mamie Gummer
I've never really been star struck. I was a little bit taken aback when I was doing a chat show recently and I was sat… — Richard Fleeshman
Adams first law of survival: Get even first. — Randall Dale Adams
Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as… — Nathan Fillion
Well, I'm a huge fan of Ryan Adams, who's from North Carolina. And he's beginning to break really quite big. — Elton John
Alice Adams wrote a sweet note to me after my first novel came out when I was 26, and I was so blown away that… — Anne Lamott
Every White House has had its intellectuals, but very few presidents have been intellectuals themselves - Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, the list more… — Jonathan Raban
Look, in 1800 the sainted Thomas Jefferson arranged to hire a notorious slanderer named James Callender, who worked as a writer at a Republican newspaper… — Karl Rove
I'm a sucker for lost worlds. I was nostalgic even as a child. I was happiest in my hometown library in Adams, Mass., where nothing… — Stacy Schiff
It's time to stop thinking of the Republican Party as an exclusive club where your ideological card is checked at the door, and start thinking… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
When a friend of Abigail and John Adams was killed at Bunker Hill, Abigail's response was to write a letter to her husband and include… — David McCullough
The camera would miss it all. A magnificent picture is never worth a thousand perfect words. Ansel Adams can be a great artist, but he… — John Dunning
...there are some children who aren't really children at all, they're just pillars of flame that burn everything they touch. And there are some children… — Sherman Alexie

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