There is nothing so eloquent as the rattlesnake's tail.
Worms don't like the robin's song.
Become famous, then go to sleep.
Laughing wife, crying purse.
Light in the streets, shadows in the house.
Such is the fate of the sheep: either shorn or roasted.
Living life ONCE is enough...if you live life RIGHT.
so many people live and they only live and die; so many people live and they truly live and die
When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.
To live by worry is to live against reality
We are not living in the land of the living and going to the land of the dying, but rather, we are living in the land of the dying and going to the land of the living.
Live with vultures, and become a vulture; live with crows, and become a crow.
Live with vultures, become a vulture; live with crows, become a crow.
My grandfather always told me, 'You know you're American first, but you're a Greek-American, which makes you a better American.' It sounds sort of old-world and very sweet, but what he meant was that you should embrace those things that are most spec...
When I went to college, I majored in American literature, which was unusual then. But it meant that I was broadly exposed to nineteenth-century American literature. I became interested in the way that American writers used metaphoric language, starti...
Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea th...
If you stop and think about our history, one of the reasons we had an American century and there is an American dream was because at key points in our history we made very bold decisions about making sure that there was very broad, universal access t...
For me, it's a real shock to see American mainstream films. I can't see these films because it's always the same thing to me. This is very American. Violence is very American, and I can't understand these films. Why do they use violence? To show what...
I can tell you that too much money is corrupting American politics. Don't blame the American public. The U.S. Supreme Court has a lot to answer for, because it has made it impossible for Congress to reduce the corrupting influence of money on America...
I'm a writer. In Latin America, they say I'm a Latin-American writer because I also write in Spanish and my books are translated, but I am an American citizen and my books are published here, so I'm also an American writer.
What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.
