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James A. Michener Quotes

James A. Michener quotes

American Novelist February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997

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The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he's always doing both. James A. Michener
I wish I could tell you about the South Pacific. The way it actually was. The endless ocean. The infinite specks of coral we called islands. Coconut palms nodding gracefully toward the ocean. Reefs upon which waves broke into spray, and inner lagoons, lovely beyond description. I wish I could tell you about the sweating jungle, the full moon rising behind the volcanoes, and the waiting. The waiting. The timeless, repetitive waiting. James A. Michener
James A. Michener quote: "I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they..."
I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. James A. Michener
I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for herself. James A. Michener
The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality. James A. Michener
Public libraries have been a mainstay of my life. They represent an individual's right to acquire knowledge; they are the sinews that bind civilized societies the world over. Without libraries, I would be a pauper, intellectually and spiritually. James A. Michener
James A. Michener quote: "If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he..."
If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life. James A. Michener
I can no longer take war or promotion or big income or a large house seriously. I reject empire and Vietnam and placing a man on the moon. I deny time payments and looking like the girl next door and church weddings and a great deal more. If you want to blame such rejection on grass, you can do so. I charge it to awakening. James A. Michener
James A. Michener quote: "To have courage. To have honor. Is very beautiful."
To have courage. To have honor. Is very beautiful. James A. Michener
In these centuries when God,...was forging a Christian church so that it might fulfill the longing of a hungry world, He was at the same time perfecting His first religion, Judaism, so that it might stand as the permanent norm against which to judge all others. Whenever, in the future some new religion strayed too far from the basic precepts of Judaism, God could be assured that it was in error; so in the Galilee, His ancient cauldron of faith, he spent as much time upon the old Jews as He... James A. Michener
James A. Michener quote: "I wondered how a man ever got an English girl into bed. What..."
I wondered how a man ever got an English girl into bed. What did they do with her hockey stick? James A. Michener
James A. Michener quote: "A nation becomes what its young people read in their youth...."
A nation becomes what its young people read in their youth. Its ideals are fashioned then, its goals strongly determined. James A. Michener
James A. Michener quote: "If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the relgion..."
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the relgion and avoid the people, you might better stay home. James A. Michener
It was his opinion that a man had to wait until he was dead to know the meaning of God, unless he happened to have known the sea in his youth. James A. Michener
a soldier lives always for the next battle, because he knows that before it arrives impossible changes can occur in his favor. James A. Michener

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