James Mcmurtry Quotes

#1. James McMurtry is a true Americana poet - actually he is a poet regardless of genre

Michael Nesmith

#2. Who you looking for
What is his name
you can prob'ly find him
at the football game
it's a small town
you know what I mean
it's a small town, son
and we all support the team

James McMurtry

#3. When I was younger, there was a sort of stigma attached to my stamina. My dad took me swimming one day and I just was no good at it, so my dad said, 'Your stamina's bad.'

Charlie Bewley

#4. Steve Jobs was a pretty complicated character and somewhat a psychologically complicated guy.

Ashton Kutcher

#5. There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy.

Joyce Grenfell

#6. Whiskey don't make liars
it just makes fools.

James McMurtry

#7. While I was busy reminiscing about my first day on earth, I had forgotten that I was falling to my death. Damned ADD.

Darynda Jones

#8. We'd sit outside and watch the stars at night She'd tell me to make a wish I'd wish we both could fly.

James McMurtry

#9. I keep going;I keep writing because I know something good will happen, and I want to see it when it happens.

Millicent Ashby

#10. You have a real life if and only if you do not compete with anyone in any of your pursuits.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#11. Back before Napster and Spotify, we toured to promote record sales.
Now we make records to promote tour dates.

James McMurtry

#12. What does dating mean?

Lalu Prasad Yadav

#13. Life just keeps getting weirder.

Anonymous

#14. She said, "I love you, Con," because whatever Jakob believed about those three words, they still mattered to Harper. They were as close to an incantation as any she knew, had power other words lacked. "I'll

Joe Hill

#15. Americans see everything too simply-a good guy, a bad guy, does he have a white hat or a black hat? But it's the wrong question.

Claire Messud

#16. If you do everything in your power to avoid writing and still can't, then you must be a writer.

Fannie Flagg

#17. Obviously, the Sixties was a time when everyone wanted to experiment, and then everything became very formulated and corporate, so artists tended to get pushed into a kind of pattern. Now, I think that has continued with the emergence of televised talent shows like 'X Factor.'

Steve Winwood

#18. I was at the bottom of the sea, the pressure dense, crushing, inexorable. Dead silence strained against my eardrums. The darkness was without reprieve. No mental adjustment could make it less absolute. It was impenetrable - black painted over black painted over black.

Haruki Murakami