Author details
All Edward Hoagland Quotes
Land of opportunity, land for the huddled masses where would the opportunity have been without the genocide of those Old Guard, bristling Indian tribes?
Edward Hoagland
60% of people like this quote
The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in the sense that if so, one is reminded with some regularity that He may be dying.
Edward Hoagland
55% of people like this quote
Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.
Edward Hoagland
53% of people like this quote
Men greet each other with a sock on the arm, women with a hug, and the hug wears better in the long run.
Edward Hoagland
51% of people like this quote
Like a kick in the butt, the force of events wakes slumberous talents.
Edward Hoagland
50% of people like this quote
Country people do not behave as if they think life is short; they live on the principle that it is long, and savor variations of the kind best appreciated if most days are the same.
Edward Hoagland
50% of people like this quote
Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga - stylized because even the most acute of them have little leeway as they play out their parts.
Edward Hoagland
48% of people like this quote
In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.
Edward Hoagland
47% of people like this quote
Related authors