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Jerry Pournelle Quotes

You no longer have much in the way of knowing what to do in a big, epic novel about the future, because nobody knows what the hell is going to happen.

Jerry Pournelle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: August 7, 1933 - September 8, 2017

Topics

Future Hell You Nobody Way Knowing

Sometimes you have to burn yourself to the ground before you can rise like a phoenix from the ashes.

Jens Lekman

Yourself You Rise Burn Sometimes

I wanted to be a veterinarian, but slipped up when I hit organic chemistry.

Amy Hempel

Chemistry Up Organic Veterinarian

I played basketball. I went to school and played basketball and was trying to pursue that as a career path and kind of just fell into acting.

Robbie Jones

Path School Basketball Career Acting

Vidal Sassoon changed hair forever.

Mary Quant

Hair Forever Changed

I grew up listening to popular music. My father was a Peruvian folk singer. He played the guitar at home. He sang songs with a waltzing rhythm, yet you can still hear the Spanish influences. I accompanied him to his performances.

Juan Diego Florez

Father Home Music Listening Guitar

One of my problems, so to speak, is that, in America, we tend to think in relatively short-term. In the Middle East and Asia and other parts of the world, they think in terms of centuries or 500 years or 1,000 years.

Jay Rockefeller

World Speak Problems Think America

Tony Hale is a devout Christian and is a complete retard when it comes to swearing. The script called for him to swear for about 30 seconds and he just couldn't do it.

Jason Bateman

Christian Him Swearing Complete Just

In the fullness of time, I suspect that bigotry against homosexuals will seem as repugnant as racial prejudice does today. Or so one hopes.

Jon Meacham

Today Time Will Prejudice Racial

I believe in comfort. If you don't feel comfortable in your clothes, it's hard to think of anything else.

Donna Karan

Believe Think Feel Clothes You Hard

The 'Station to Station' film has been fascinating to create. It feels as though it made itself in a way, and after awhile, the film told us what it needed and began to sculpt itself.

Doug Aitken

Create Way Us Film Been Made

I think the most important thing for an artist is to stay true to who you are. I want to stay as authentic as possible, as that's how we're going with our team.

Daya

Team Think You Artist True Possible

The countries of the American continent and the adjacent islands are for the United States the natural marts of supply and demand.

Chester A. Arthur

American United Natural Demand