William Dean Howells quote: "Tomorrow I shall be sixty-nine, but I do not seem to care. I did not start the affair, and I have not been consulted about it at any step."

Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

It's astonishing how well the worse reason looks when you try to make it appear the better.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

I wish you to believe whatever you think is true, at any and every cost.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

I know, indeed, of nothing more subtle satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the real good wil...
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know he sees it.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

Out of the fragrant heart of bloom, The bobolinks are singing; Out of the fragrant heart of bl...
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent...
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a ...
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

Is it the shrewd October wind Brings the tears into her eyes? Does it blow so strong that she ...
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

Commemoration of Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690 If I lay waste and wither up wit...
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

The little wind that hardly shook The silver of the sleeping brook Blew the gold hair about he...
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

I am yours, for time and eternity--time and eternity.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

I haven't done anything--yet.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

She liked the words; they satisfied her famine for phrases.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

And the names he loved to hearHave been carved for many a yearOn the tomb.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

Her mouth is a honey-blossom,No doubt, as the poet sings;But within her lips, the petals,Lurks a cru...
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

Some people stay longer in an hour than others do in a month
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

Now I know that so long as we have social inequality we shall have snobs; we shall have men who bull...
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

Her mouth is a honey-blossom, No doubt, as the poet sings; But within her lips, the petals, Lurk...
WILLIAM D. HOWELLS

It is the still small voice that the soul heeds; not the deafening blasts of doom.
WILLIAM D. HOWELLS

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.
WILLIAM D. HOWELLS

The surest way to hurt yourself is to give up on love, just because it didn’t
work out the fi...
AMANDA HOWELLS

I loved your world, Noah. It was a magical place, where there were stars and love, and there was hop...
DEBBIE HOWELLS

That's how birthdays were in our house. All hateful charades of pretty clothes, expensive presents, ...
DEBBIE HOWELLS

But it was not the note that counted so much as the writing of it.
Just because it wouldn’t l...
AMANDA HOWELLS

In those moments it's hard to remember that an angry voice is an invisible thing incapable of drawin...
AMANDA HOWELLS

Do not be afraid of the word 'theory'. Yes, it can sound dauntingly abstract at times, and in the ha...
RICHARD HOWELLS

I’m a realist,” I replied stubbornly, “not a romantic. Romantics
are always disappointed....
AMANDA HOWELLS

You can only take steps toward the future you want. It's not guaranteed to be there.

Thi...
AMANDA HOWELLS

She was so thin I could probably deck her on the side of the head with a pack of Marlboro Lights and...
AMANDA HOWELLS

I was being strong. Even though I felt weak.
AMANDA HOWELLS

In New York City we need police officers to protect even the dead.
WILLIAM J. DEAN

The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values.
DEAN WILLIAM R. INGE

A rose-red city half as old as Time.
DEAN JOHN WILLIAM BURGON

A nation is a society united by a delusion about it's ancestry and by common hatred of it's neighbo...
DEAN WILLIAM R. INGE

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors.
DEAN WILLIAM R. INGE

Love is an ice cream sundae, with all the marvelous coverings. Sex is the cherry on top.
JIMMY DEAN

I write while listening to music, mostly because the world beyond my headphones is too chaotic.
DEAN BAKOPOULOS

Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.
JIMMY DEAN

I'm limitless, spontaneous and fearless. I can take direction and also give it. And I don't ...
ESTER DEAN

Some days I'm lucky to squeeze out a page of copy that pleases me, but I get as many as six or s...
DEAN KOONTZ

An actor should be judged by his performance only.
JAMES DEAN

I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the ki...
JAMES DEAN

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's followi...
JAMES DEAN

To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this grea...
JAMES DEAN

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to ...
JAMES DEAN

Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
JAMES DEAN

The only greatness for man is immortality.
JAMES DEAN

An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences li...
JAMES DEAN

I used to fly around quite a bit, you know? I took a lot of unnecessary chances on the highways. And...
JAMES DEAN

I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
JAMES DEAN

Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things ...
JAMES DEAN

I don't want anything seventy-thirty. Fifty-fifty's always good enough for me. I don't w...
JAMES DEAN

I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is end...
JAMES DEAN

The only way to make a scene realistic is to do it the way you know it would really happen.
JAMES DEAN

Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and im...
JAMES DEAN

There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
JAMES DEAN

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
JAMES DEAN

You try to be yourself, do only what you've always done and like to do, and right away, you'...
JAMES DEAN

Racing is the only time I feel whole.
JAMES DEAN

Death can't be considered because, if you're afraid to die, there's no room in your life...
JAMES DEAN

I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil, terribly gauche and so tense I don't see how ...
JAMES DEAN

I've waffled before. I'll waffle again.
HOWARD DEAN

The issue is not abortion. The issue is whether women can make up their own mind instead of some rig...
HOWARD DEAN

Look, I'm not a perfect person. I have my warts. I sometimes say things that get me in trouble. ...
HOWARD DEAN

Truthfully, the person with whom I identified most in Heinlein's early works was Rhysling in ...
PAMELA DEAN

I first read Heinlein when I was very young.
PAMELA DEAN

I wholeheartedly rejected anything remotely feminine but was not enthusiastic about anything masculi...
PAMELA DEAN

I was a weird but definite kid, and there were essentially no gender roles for me to fit into.
PAMELA DEAN

I did always think of Heinlein as a strict rationalist, although a dispassionate examination of his ...
PAMELA DEAN

From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he would not have created...
HOWARD DEAN

Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.
DEAN KARNAZES

At every turn when there has been an imbalance of power, the truth questioned, or our beliefs and va...
HOWARD DEAN

Educators and school personnel work on the front lines of childhood obesity, but every day they face...
DEAN ORNISH

Intimacy and community buffer stress.
DEAN ORNISH

If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored.
DEAN KOONTZ

We have tried to make it clear that the United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk th...
DEAN RUSK

I'm a very emotional writer. I always need to have a boyfriend. I always need to have some food....
ESTER DEAN

If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times.
DEAN SMITH

I was a hard-workin' little boy. Oh, I worked. Pullin' cotton, shockin' grain, cuttin...
JIMMY DEAN

My favorite song? 'Amazing Grace.' Anybody singing it. But the best it'll ever be done i...
JIMMY DEAN

You know you're getting old when you go to more funerals than you do weddings.
JIMMY DEAN

I've seen so many people in this business that made a fortune. They get old and broke and can...
JIMMY DEAN

I used to help my granddaddy make sausage. He would mix it up in a cleaned-out washtub with his hand...
JIMMY DEAN

I made more money yesterday than I ever thought I'd make in an entire lifetime. But it's lik...
JIMMY DEAN

A lot of things I am, and a lot of things I am not. But I think I'm about as good an American as...
JIMMY DEAN

When I was a kid, I used to think, 'Man, if I could ever afford all the ice cream I want to eat,...
JIMMY DEAN

I think the kids in school that laughed at the clothes that we wore and the house that we lived in, ...
JIMMY DEAN

I went further on less talent than anyone, but I was a damned good entertainer.
JIMMY DEAN

Do what you say you're going to do. And try to do it a little better than you said you would.
JIMMY DEAN

Sausage is a great deal like life. You get out of it about what you put into it.
JIMMY DEAN

I always liked the guys who lasted a long time in the match and had endurance. People like Ric Flair...
DEAN AMBROSE

The great privilege it has been to work with some of the most talented people on the face of the ear...
DEAN JONES

We went to Denmark twice and Germany and also to the Canary Isles one year. I remember once when we ...
DIXIE DEAN

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?.
JIMMY DEAN

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
JIMMY DEAN

I have a curious and apprehensive feeling as I watch JFK that he is sort of an Indian snake charmer.
DEAN ACHESON

The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is th...
DEAN ACHESON

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making thems...
DEAN ACHESON

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from t...
DEAN ACHESON

Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.
DEAN ACHESON

If I ever go onstage at the Oscars, you can guarantee I'll be wearing my motorcycle boots.
DEAN WINTERS

WWE is like showbiz boot camp.
DEAN AMBROSE

It ain't bragging if you can do it.
DIZZY DEAN

Diebold controls 20% of the nation's voting machines.. totals can apparently be manipulated from out...
HOWARD DEAN

We're eyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.
DEAN RUSK

A little dark chocolate in small amounts often helps lift me out of those blue moments. When I walk ...
DEAN ORNISH

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditatio...
DEAN KOONTZ

I'm small, I'm young - and I'm so different. You've always respected that difference, and you've alw...
DEAN KOONTZ

Magnesium deficiency can produce symptoms of anxiety or depression, including muscle weakness, fatig...
CAROLYN DEAN

Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because...
DEAN KOONTZ

the worst happens when you least expect it
DEAN KOONTZ

No matter how close we are to another person, few human relationships are as free from strife, disag...
DEAN KOONTZ

Dream as if you will live forever; Live as if you will die today.
JAMES DEAN

It ain't braggin' if you can back it up.
DIZZY DEAN

I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised.
DEAN SMITH

Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role.
DEAN ACHESON

I got words in me, Jess, fighting to find a way out. Sometimes there's so many words and they get so...
CAROLEE DEAN

Even as a child, she had preferred night to day, had enjoyed sitting out in the yard after sunset, u...
DEAN KOONTZ

One can only tolerate the absolute idiocy of Man for so long before bringing out the bat.
DEAN HALE

If one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not in fact his friends.
DEAN KOONTZ

Always, the eye sees more than the mind can comprehend, and we go through life self-blinded to much ...
DEAN KOONTZ

Welcome thy neighbor into thy fallout shelter. He'll come in handy if you run out of food.
DEAN MCLAUGHLIN

One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears - by listening to them.
DEAN RUSK

I'd hate to be a teetotaler. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you're ...
DEAN MARTIN

If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
DEAN MARTIN

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die tomorrow.
JAMES DEAN

The focus should be on the players. I'm here a long time. You can call me in the summer. Our seniors...
DEAN SMITH

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
JIMMY DEAN

If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, y...
DEAN SMITH

Every eye sees its own special vision,
every ear hears a most different song.
In each man's ...
DEAN KOONTZ

When Jerry Lewis and I were big, we used to go to parties, and everybody thought I was big-headed an...
DEAN MARTIN

Creating a family in this turbulent world is an act of faith, a wager that against all odds there wi...
DEAN KOONTZ

Each small act of kindness reverberates across great distances and spans of time, affecting lives un...
DEAN KOONTZ

You really have to experience the feeling of being with the president in the oval office. ... It's a...
JOHN DEAN

A memorandum is not written to inform the reader, but to protect the writer.
DEAN ACHESON

Do your work; not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishing's sake -- that lit...
DEAN BRIGGS

The great corrupter of public man is the ego....Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from...
DEAN ACHESON

We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument ...
DEAN ACHESON

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
DEAN ACHESON

You see, you all start with the premise that democracy is some good. I don't think it's worth a damn...
DEAN ACHESON

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.
DEAN ACHESON

The future comes one day at a time.
DEAN ACHESON

Hollywood's a very weird place. I think there's less of everything except for attitude.
DEAN CAIN

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.
DEAN ACHESON

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be e...
DEAN ACHESON

I throw a ball and get paid for it. Others do it by throwing the bull.
JEROME DEAN

Run if you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must, just never give up.
DEAN KARNAZES

We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument ...
DEAN ACHESON

If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, ...
DEAN SMITH

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, onl...
DEAN KOONTZ

Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me it means t...
DEAN RUSK

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die tomorrow.
JAMES DEAN

It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since...
JAMES DEAN

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
JAMES DEAN

We're eyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.
DEAN RUSK

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree
DEAN ACHESON

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is...
DEAN ACHESON

Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowi...
DEAN KOONTZ

I've gotten to know John Kerry since the primaries. The reason I'm going out and working my you know...
HOWARD DEAN

John Kerry's position and my position are not very different about what we would do. Interestingly e...
HOWARD DEAN

First of all I like John Kerry. I think he's intellectually curious and very thoughtful. I think he'...
HOWARD DEAN

When your opponent's sittin' there holdin' all the aces, there's only one thing to do: kick over t...
DEAN MARTIN

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.
DEAN INGE

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to e...
JAMES DEAN

I'd hate to be a teetotaller. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you...
DEAN MARTIN

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.
JAMES DEAN

The thing to remember is that that the future comes one day at a time.
DEAN ACHESON

You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not...
JIMMY DEAN

Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival.
DEAN ORNISH

When we understand the connection between how we live and how long we live, it's easier to make ...
DEAN ORNISH

Second of all, I don't think Wall Street is doing what it's supposed to be doing, even after...
HOWARD DEAN

I remember, as a kid, thinking more about, you know, watching the world go by and being amazed by ho...
DEAN KAMEN

Curious patients are more receptive to new ideas, and those who engage their health practitioners in...
DEAN ORNISH

Think about it: Heart disease and diabetes, which account for more deaths in the U.S. and worldwide ...
DEAN ORNISH

Sporting competitions seem to be what we obsess over, frankly. So if we can put engineering, science...
DEAN KAMEN

I've never had a business plan. Every project we've ever done was the intersection of somebo...
DEAN KAMEN

There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and co...
DEAN KAMEN

I started realizing that I wasn't so dumb; rather, most people simply didn't know the answer...
DEAN KAMEN

Thinking is my hobby. But sometimes you get to where you're stuck and you can't figure it ou...
DEAN KAMEN

We all know about certain problems we wish we didn't have.
DEAN KAMEN

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and fin...
DEAN KAMEN

I would argue that education, actual learning - it is hard work. It's very personal. Your parent...
DEAN KAMEN

Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live for. That's what tech...
DEAN KAMEN

If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.
DEAN KAMEN

I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life for a bunch of...
DEAN KAMEN

An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we make this part of the way...
DEAN KAMEN

Innovation is so hard and so frustrating; it takes the intersections of people with courage, vision,...
DEAN KAMEN

I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you can do with your life...
DEAN KAMEN

Tomorrow I shall be sixty-nine, but I do not seem to care. I did not start the affair, and I have not been consulted about it at any step.

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Tomorrow I shall be sixty-nine, but I do not seem to care. I did not start the affair, and I have not been consulted about it at any step.

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