"Boys like it when you talk to them……" — Russell Banks
"Boys like it when you talk to them as if they were grown men—at least he always did when he was a kid—because they pretend that’s what they are anyhow, grown-up men, and they do it for their entire lives."
—
Russell Banks
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
40 Quotes by Russell Banks
Russell Banks has 40 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a…
-
My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history.
-
Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest and more imaginative than they…
-
For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living…
-
Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of…
-
If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you…
-
If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter.
-
We are the planet, fully as much as water, earth, fire and air are the planet, and if the planet…
-
One hates a person for the same reason one loves himÂ
-
It was strange to stand there in front of the mirror and see myself like I was my own best…
-
Public libraries are the sole community centers left in America. The degree to which a branch of the local library…
-
What you believe matters, however. It’s all anyone has to act on. And since what you do is who you…
See all 40 quotes by Russell Banks »
More Boys Quotes
This quote is filed under Boys Quotes,
one of 5,097 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
As a boy, because I was born and raised in Ohio, about 60 miles north of Dayton, the legends of…
— Neil Armstrong
-
I'm not Mr. Debonair Suave. I'm just a regular boy who goofs around, pulls pranks, and makes jokes. That doesn't…
— Jensen Ackles
-
John Quincy Adams most certainly was a part of the Revolutionary War era. He was a young boy, but he…
— Michele Bachmann
-
Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.
— Robert Baden-Powell
-
See things from the boy's point of view.
— Robert Baden-Powell
-
A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
— Robert Baden-Powell
-
The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.
— Robert Baden-Powell
-
I was a pretty scrappy, tough kid; I got in all sorts of fights at school. I defended myself -…
— Amy Adams
-
Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The…
— James A. Baldwin
-
If we play to first time Blink 182 listeners, it's good they are listening to us and not the Backstreet…
— Travis Barker
-
I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys,' I wouldn't smile…
— Drew Barrymore
-
The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no…
— Eric Berne
See all 5,097 Boys Quotes »