Henry Quotes

405 Henry quotes by 268 unique authors

You know the more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The… — Will Rogers
When I was seven years old, I fell in love with a series published by Bobbs-Merrill called 'The Childhood of Famous Americans.' In it, historical… — Ann Hood
If Henry James were still with us, he'd not only approve of Paris, He Said, he could have written it himself, though without his serpentine… — Rosellen Brown
Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families. GEORGE HENRY LEWES, The Physiology of Common Life Killing is not nearly as easy as the… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Representative William McK. Springer, remarks in the House, quoting Henry Clay: As for me, I would rather be right than be President. Reed: Well, the… — Bill Vaughan
Ironically, Henry James' biography comforts me & I long to make known to him his posthumous reputation he wrote, in pain, gave all his life… — Sylvia Plath
As a Nobel Prize winner I cannot but regret that the award was never given to Mark Twain, nor to Henry James, speaking only of… — Ernest Hemingway
The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory… — Milton Friedman
I like a composer called Henry Purcell, and I love to listen to Neil Young. — Cornelia Funke
George Washington, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower all rode their… — Jeff Greenfield
Bishop Frederick Henry of Calgary is facing at least two official objections to his public statements along with expensive hearings before the Alberta Human Rights… — Stockwell Day
The buried code of many American films has become: If I kill you, I have won and you have lost. The instinctive ethical code of… — Roger Ebert
My mom was an amazing singer and music was a big part of my life, so I grew up listening to Nat King Cole, Johnny… — Gloria Estefan
Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are in this gray area between memoir and novel. — Leslie Fiedler
I read everything I could find in English - Twain, Henry James, Hemingway, really everything. And then after a while I started writing shorter pieces… — Aleksandar Hemon
Henry Kissinger should have the door shut in his face by every decent person and should be shamed, ostracized and excluded. — Christopher Hitchens
I had real plans for my next decade and felt I'd worked hard enough to earn it. Will I really not live to see my… — Christopher Hitchens
I was at Ford for 32 years. I went to Chrysler in 1978, four or five months after I got canned by Henry Ford. — Lee Iacocca
If a guy is over 25 percent jerk, he's in trouble. And Henry was 95 percent. — Lee Iacocca
Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize. — Tom Lehrer
The distinction between literary and genre fiction is stupid and pernicious. It dates back to a feud between Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry James. James… — George R. R. Martin
There isn't a King Lear for women, or a Henry V, or a Richard III. You reach a level where you can handle that stuff… — Helen Mirren
When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' That was a huge bet he made, and it worked. — Elon Musk
I have so many favorite writers, it's very hard to select a few... of classic writers, I have always admired Emily Dickinson and Henry David… — Joyce Carol Oates
Henry James's later works would have been better had he resisted that curious sort of self-indulgence, dictating to a secretary. The roaming garrulousness of ordinary… — Joyce Carol Oates

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