Hoot Quotes

• When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as one of the fine arts. Today I don't give a hoot in hell about that. The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself.

  Edward Steichen

  Photography, Art, Men

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• The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Success, Stress, Men

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• Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.

  George S. Patton

  War, Winning, Men

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• People can be a hoot on the set, but if they're not good to work with, that tires very quickly.

  David Hyde Pierce

  People, Tire, Ifs

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• No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful?

  Bertrand Russell

  Beauty, Beautiful, Real

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• When I get home and people ask me,'Hey, Hoot, why do you do it, man? What are you? Some kind of war junkie? I won't say a goddamn word. Why? They won't understand. They won't understand why we do it. They won't understand that it's about the men next to you. And that's it. That's all it is.

  Black Hawk

  War, Home, Men

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• I don't think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on the candidates.

  Bob Woodward

  Character, Thinking, Giving

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• There's only a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.

  William Kennedy

  Hallelujah, Walks

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• It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Journey, Hiking, Fame

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• The real and proper question is: why is it beautiful?

  Annie Dillard

  Beautiful, Real, Chimneys

  Annie Dillard (2011). “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek”, p.107, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

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• I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed! Gen.

  George S. Patton

  Wrestling, Men, Giving

  Speech to the Third Army on June 05, 1944. "The Unknown Patton". Book by Charles M. Province, p. 32, www.pattonhq.com. 1983.

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• Sometimes you're going to be faced with situations where the line isn't clear between what's right and what's wrong.Your heart will tell you to do one thing and your brain will tell you to do something different. In the end, all that's left is to look at both sides and go with your best judgment.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Heart, Brain, Different

  Carl Hiaasen (2002). “Hoot”, p.160, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I'm not gonna worry about what people think about me. I'm too busy. I don't give a hoot.

  Cyndi Lauper

  Thinking, People, Giving

  "I've always been the outsider" by Caroline Sullivan, www.theguardian.com. October 12, 2008.

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• You can't hoot with the owls and then soar with the eagles

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Eagles, Owl, Soar

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• There are 500 reasons I write for children.... Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about the critics.... They don't read to free themselves of guilt, to quench their thirst for rebellion, or to get rid of alienation. They still believe in God, the family, angels, devils, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other such obsolete stuff.... They don't expect their beloved writer to redeem humanity. Young as they are, they know that it is not in his power. Only the adults have such childish illusions.

  Isaac Bashevis Singer

  Children, Book, Believe

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• The clamorous owl that nightly hoots and wonders At our quaint spirits.

  William Shakespeare

  Owl, Spirit, Wonder

  "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

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• Actually, it's a lot of fun to fight. You know, it's a hell of a hoot.

  James Mattis

  Fun, Fighting, Hell

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them. Actually, it’s a lot of fun to fight. You know, it’s a hell of a hoot. It’s fun to shoot some people. I’ll be right up front with you — I like brawling.

  James Mattis

  Fun, Military, Marine

  "Everything You Need to Know About Gen. James Mattis" by Luis Martinez, abcnews.go.com. December 1, 2016.

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• I'm like an owl... I don't give a HOOT!

  Si Robertson

  Giving, Owl

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• I wasn't surprised at all. In fact, I thought, why stop there? Why not add the Big Show, or Chris Jericho, or the whole state of Nebraska for that matter? And don't you think a wrestling ring is a little old school, Lilian? Why not put the match in a shark tank, with real live sharks? Hungry sharks! And the only way to beat your opponent is to stuff him down a shark's throat, and pin the shark. Wouldn't that be a hoot?

  Kurt Angle

  Real, School, Wrestling

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• Flying is such a joy. You just want to hoot.

  Cathy Rigby

  Joy, Flying, Want

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• Katsa and Po were trying to drown each other and, judging from their hoots of laughter, enjoying it immensely.

  Kristin Cashore

  Laughter, Judging, Trying

  Kristin Cashore (2012). “Bitterblue”, p.84, Penguin

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• Gandhi and Mandela and Churchill and JFK and Reagan and Thatcher and Sarkozy and Franklin and Washington set the tone to an incredible degree-their "personal style" was their "brand." ("It" starts with personal style of the tip-top leadership team. Sorry to be politically insensitive, but who would give a hoot about Tibet if it weren't for the look and style of the Dalai Lama?) Boss at any level: You're either on the "it" boat-or not.

  Tom Peters

  Leadership, Sorry, Team

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• All violation of established practice implies in its own nature a rejection of the common opinion, a defiance of common censure, and an appeal from general laws to private judgment: he, therefore, who differs form others without apparent advantage, ought not to be angry if his arrogance is punished with ridicule; if those whose example he superciliously overlooks, point him out to derision, and hoot him back again into the common road.

  Samuel Johnson

  Law, Practice, Rejection

  Samuel Johnson (1825). “The Works of Samuel Johnson...”, p.178

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• What we want most is to be held...and told..that everything (everything is a funny thing, is baby milk and papa's eyes, is roaring logs on a cold morning, is hoot owls and the boy who makes you cry after school, is mama's long hair, is being afraid and twisted faces on the bedroom wall)...is going to be alright.

  Truman Capote

  Baby, Morning, Wall

  Truman Capote, M. Thomas Inge (1987). “Truman Capote: Conversations”, p.6, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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