Augustus Mccrae Quotes

#1. Listening to women ain't the fashion in this part of the country.
Augustus McCrae

Larry McMurtry

#2. Dern, I hate cooking with shit.
Augustus McCrae to Lorena Wood

Larry McMurtry

#3. It ain't dying I'm talking about, it's living. I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live." ~spoken by Augustus McCrae

Larry McMurtry

#4. You know Deets is like me - he's not one to quit on a garment just because it's got a little age - spoken by Augustus McCrae

Larry McMurtry

#5. The mother of three notoriously unruly youngsters was asked whether or not she'd have children if she had it to do over again. 'Yes', she replied 'but not the same ones.'

David Finkelstein

#6. Failure is a chastening to do it more better , think more intelligently and restart the whole course from the nadir .

Osunsakin Adewale

#7. More must be done in concrete terms in order to promote the cause of disarmament.

Alva Myrdal

#8. The real lesson Orville (Redenbacher) taught me was the power of a good brand to trump all rhyme or reason in the marketplace.

David F. D'Alessandro

#9. I don't believe in the curative powers of suffering and tragedy; they happen because they're part of life and shouldn't be seen as a punishment.

Paulo Coelho

#10. A man who wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough.
Augustus "Gus" McCrae

Larry McMurtry

#11. For a long time I listened to other people to decide whether I was still Christian or not, and I would sort of vet myself by the traditional formulae.

Barbara Brown Taylor

#12. Contrary to many of the rumors and innuendo in circulation, I wholeheartedly believe that Obama views Israel's security as absolute.

Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

#13. Think, the successful idea is always in your mind. Think it out.

Norman Vincent Peale

#14. If you're bored in New York, it's your own fault.

Myrna Loy

#15. Luck and risk taking go hand in hand.

Thomas J. Stanley

#16. You never came home for lunch: you just stayed doing, playing, having fun, surfing, running round.

Diane Cilento

#17. All poets are religious poets.

Marty Rubin

#18. I love attention. If I see a gang of girls? That makes me dance even more!

Chris Brown

#19. You probably drink too much. If you hand me that bottle, I'll reduce your temptations.
Augustus "Gus" McCrae

Larry McMurtry

#20. Loyalty is not won by being first. It is won by being best.

Stefan Persson