The best Quotes by Ernest Gaines

The best Quotes by Ernest Gaines

Ernest James Gaines (January 15, 1933 – November 5, 2019) was an American author whose works have been taught in college classrooms and translated into many languages.

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.
Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.
A myth is an old lie that people believe in. White people believe that they're better than anyone else on earth - and that's a myth.
Grace under pressure isn't just about bullfighters and men at war. It's about getting up every day to face a job or a white boss you don't like but have to face to feed your children so they'll grow up to be a better generation.
I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I was afraid it wouldn't be the writing.

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If watching is all you're going to do, then you're going to watch your life go by without you.
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Take your time to think, but when it is time to act, stop thinking and act!
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When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.
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He who thinks too much, will not act.
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It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.
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Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.
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Knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beats the hell out of never trying.
Meredith Grey in Grey's Anatomy - Season 1 Episode 6
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The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.
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Don't think, just do!
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Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.
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What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
The sheep that sleeps gets carried by the current.
Harsh words can't solve problems - action will.
Aang in Avatar: The Last Airbender - Season 1 Episode 11
Books have great value, actions have greater value.
Brandon Sanderson in Mistborn - The Well of Ascension
You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and by falling over.
Saying and doing are two things.
There isn't much I have to say, that I wouldn't rather just shut up and do.
Without action, the best intentions in the world are nothing more than that: intentions.
Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street
There are some things you only learn through experience.
I didn't study; I live.
My whole philosophy is about doing, not talking.
Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act.
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in!
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
I don't really like talking. I like to execute. I'm not a talking person. I'm an action person.
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.
If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They are here to help.
Donald Tusk (about German soldiers helping with floodings in Poland) - September 2024
I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I'm voting for Kamala Harris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.
Taylor Swift - September 2024
Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people. Clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that.
Kamala Harris - September 2024
It's been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your president. I love the job - but I love my country more.
Joe Biden - August 2024
I am sorry on behalf of most, if not close to all, of Australia at this point. I'm sorry about Raygun and that we broke dancing.
Ozzy Man Reviews - August 2024
I don't think you understand how Australians work. Once we get a hold of a good quality meme, we drive it into the ground until we die. We're all still dropping the old "I pulled a Bradbury" and that happened over 20 years ago.
August 2024
I really appreciate the positivity and I'm glad I was able to bring some joy into your lives. That's what I hoped. I didn't realise that would also open the door to so much hate which has, frankly, been pretty devastating.
Rachael Gunn - August 2024
Don't be afraid to be different, go out there and represent yourself, you never know where that's gonna take you.
Rachael Gunn - August 2024
Since the day I announced my candidacy, I set out to find a partner who can help unite our nation and move us forward—a fighter for the middle class and patriot who believes in the promise of America. I am here today because I found such a leader: Governor Tim Walz.
Kamala Harris - August 2024
Thank you, Kamala Harris, for the trust that you've placed in me. And maybe more so, thank you for bringing back the joy. I couldn't be prouder to be on this ticket - and to help make you the next President of the United States.
Tim Walz - August 2024
While Walz pretends to support Americans in the Heartland, when the cameras are off, he believes that rural America is "mostly cows and rocks". Walz is obsessed with spreading California's dangerously liberal agenda far and wide.
Donald Trump - August 2024
While it's not very Minnesotan to brag, I've got to brag on our state a little here: We were just ranked #1 in the country for health care.
Tim Walz - July 2024
If giving tax breaks to millionaires created jobs or grew our economy, I would be in favor of them, but they are the same failed policies of the past that just don't work.
I feel like I've got feet firmly in different camps. Between the right of gun ownership and public safety.
You have to understand what caused genocide to happen. Or it will happen again.

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