Quote authors in 1931

Authors of 1931

Born or Deceased in 1931

Thomas Alva Edison

Thomas Alva Edison

Tribute :18 October 1931

Abdul kalam

Abdul kalam

Born :15 October 1931

Whitey Herzog

Whitey Herzog

Born :9 November 1931

Mickey Mantle

Mickey Mantle

Born :20 October 1931

Eddie Mathews

Eddie Mathews

Born :13 October 1931

Willie Mays

Willie Mays

Born :6 March 1931

Ed Parker

Ed Parker

Born :19 March 1931

Bill Shoemaker

Bill Shoemaker

Born :19 August 1931

Dean Smith

Dean Smith

Born :28 February 1931

Ken Venturi

Ken Venturi

Born :15 May 1931

Donald Barthelme

Donald Barthelme

Born :7 April 1931

David Eddings

David Eddings

Born :7 April 1931

Quotes of 1931

Quotes taken from the authors in 1931

I can read Middle English stories, Geoffrey Chaucer or Sir Thomas Malory, but once I start moving in the direction of contemporary fantasy, my mind begins to take over.

I wrote a novel for my degree, and I'm very happy I didn't submit that to a publisher. I sympathize with my professors who had to read it.

The unfortunate thing about working for yourself is that you have the worst boss in the world. I work every day of the year except at Christmas, when I work a half day.

I have an unconscious burglar living in my mind: If I read something, it's mine.

I've fallen back on this periodically, although I must say that getting out of the grocery business ranked right up there with getting out of the army as one of the happier experiences of my life.

I just think we shouldn't get into counting coaches' records. I've never been for that... but I know that's just American society.

If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.

I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking.

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

I enjoy basketball. I enjoy coaching basketball. It's the out-of-season stuff I didn't handle well.

I don't think you can talk about progress in art - movement, but not progress. You can speak of a point on a line for the purpose of locating things, but it's a horizontal line, not a vertical one.

Donald Barthelme

My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in all sorts of ways, a wicked wit.

Donald Barthelme

Painters, especially American painters since the Second World War, have been much more troubled, beset by formal perplexity, than American writers. They've been a laboratory for everybody.

Donald Barthelme

There's not a strong autobiographical strain in my fiction. A few bits of fact here and there.

Donald Barthelme

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'

If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.

After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.

It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.

He who has the fastest golf cart never has a bad lie.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

Thomas Alva Edison