English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

J. D. Salinger Quotes

I also say "Boy" a lot. Partly because I have a lousy vocabulary and partly because I act quite young for my age sometimes. I was sixteen then, and I'm seventeen now, and some times I act like I'm about thirteen. It's really ironical, because I'm six foot two and a half and I have gray hair.

J. D. Salinger

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Franz Kafka quote: "There is an infinite amount of hope in the universe ... but..."
There is an infinite amount of hope in the universe ... but not for us. Franz Kafka
Objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost. Russell Baker
How many kings are governed by their ministers, how many ministers by their secretaries? Who, in such cases, is really the chief? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
John Cleese was with a group called Cambridge Circus, who had come to New York, and we became friends. Years later that produced a certain team effort. Terry Gilliam
Some guys step on a rake in the dark, and get mad and go punch somebody. Others step on a rake in the dark and fall down laughing at themselves. I know which kind of guy I'd rather be. So do my friends. Spider Robinson
Kim Mathers quote: "Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't..."
Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found. Kim Mathers
No one, not even Shakespeare, surpasses Milton in his command of the sound, the music, the weight and taste and texture of English words. Philip Pullman
Richard King quote: "Directors who turn into big babies and shut out criticism stop..."
Directors who turn into big babies and shut out criticism stop learning. Richard King
It is a dangerous and fateful presumption, besides the absurd temerity that it implies, to disdain what we do not comprehend. For after you have established, according to your fine undertstanding, the limits of truth and falsehood, and it turns out that you must necessarily believe things even stranger than those you deny, you are obliged from then on to abandon these limits. Michel de Montaigne
Sacha Baron Cohen quote: "For a number of years in England nobody had any idea what I..."
For a number of years in England nobody had any idea what I looked like. Sacha Baron Cohen
Craig Ferguson quote: "I realized women and humor were linked very closely."
I realized women and humor were linked very closely. Craig Ferguson
Henry Williamson quote: "Whatv is this life, if, full of care, we have no time to stand..."
Whatv is this life, if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare? Henry Williamson
Mark Rydell quote: "It's kind of interesting to be a director who is all of a..."
It's kind of interesting to be a director who is all of a sudden being an actor playing an agent. This is my whole world! Mark Rydell
William Shakespeare quote: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? William Shakespeare
Walter Annenberg quote: "The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges."
The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges. Walter Annenberg