James Brady Quotes

#1. I still remember March 31, 1981, when a deeply disturbed John Hinckley Jr. took aim at President Ronald Reagan and fired shots that hospitalized the Commander-in-Chief and two others, and left his Press Secretary James Brady paralyzed for life.

Charles B. Rangel

#2. It was enough to disillusion a man, Red Philips remarked, if a man were silly enough to have illusions. Red

James Brady

#3. There was always talk of espirit de corps, of being gung ho, and that must have been a part of it. Better, tougher training, more marksmanship on the firing range, the instant obedience to orders seared into men in boot camp.

James Brady

#4. True it is that she who escapeth safe and unpolluted from out the school of freedom, giveth more confidence of herself than she who comet sound out of the school of severity and restraint.

Michel De Montaigne

#5. Shut it down, Wonder Woman demanded. You have sex with him tonight and you're officially a prostitute. A cheap prostitute. You think I'd fuck Batman for anything less than ten grand?

Joanna Wylde

#6. For though the world has stood up and stopped the bastard, the bitch that bore him is in heat again.

Bertolt Brecht

#7. For target shooting, that's okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why we have police departments.

James Brady

#8. If we don't show anyone, we're free to write anything.

Allen Ginsberg

#9. It has been a difficult road this year, but still I look at every day as a new opportunity.

Michael Chang

#10. Innocence was gone from all our acts. Our habitual state of rebellion became a serious political crime.

Anais Nin

#11. I still can't believe I danced with Gene Kelly. How lucky am I that I've been in movies where I've danced with two of the greatest dancers of all time - with Gene Kelly and John Travolta.

Olivia Newton-John

#12. The words walked right out of my mouth.

James Brady

#13. You gotta play the hand that's dealt you. There may be pain in that hand, but you play it. And I've played it.

James Brady

#14. One very clear impression I had of all the Beautiful People was their prudence. It may be that they paid for their own airline tickets, but they paid for little else.

James Brady

#15. Simple things, simple pleasures, cutting and splitting wood, a love of the country they wanted to see more of, memories of softball fields and a girl named Amanda. There are such women as Theresa "Sam" Fitzgerald who love their men. Are content with their lives together.

James Brady