Robert Sheckley Quotes

I'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render as honest an account of himself as he could.

Robert Sheckley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 16, 1928 - December 9, 2005

Topics

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The fact is, the Middle East has been going crazy for 50, 60, 70 years. So it's not like, 'Oh, I need an ISIS joke.'

Maz Jobrani

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In Vietnam, we took a hill and defeated the enemy; then we retreated and let the enemy take over.

Jeff Duncan

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Eye was a great discovery. He is one of the great vocalists of all time.

John Zorn

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We look for companies that are unlike anything we've ever seen before, with a bold vision to change the world and run by passionate entrepreneurs who get you jumping out of your seat.

Steve Jurvetson

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I feel most alive, most electric with faith, breath, and courage, when I think of God as a current that runs through all that is. Not by will or by choice. Not as a benediction but because there are laws even God must obey.

Tracy K. Smith

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I think you only hold U.S. Opens on great courses.

Tom Lehman

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I've had jobs that allow me the flexibility to achieve work-life balance, to be there when one of the kids sinks a jump shot or for the parent-teacher meetings. I can move tasks around. If I don't get something done at the office at 4:30 in the afternoon, I can go back to it at 10:00 in the evening.

Tom Perez

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I go through about two Fender mediums a night because I don't pick straight down; it's sort of sideways, and it shaves them off.

Robin Trower

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I see robotic technology getting rid of the dangerous, the dirty, and the just plain boring jobs. Some people say, 'You can't. People won't have anything to do.' But we found things that were a lot easier than backbreaking labor in the sun and the fields. Let people rise to better things.

Rodney Brooks

TechnologySunPeopleBetterYou

There used to be a lot of acts, which was good, because people don't want to see the same act every night. But, you don't want too many acts, you don't want to over-saturate it.

Mickey Gilley

GoodPeopleNightYouWantSee

When I was about 7, I fancied Anna Chlumsky; the girl from 'My Girl.'

Luke Treadaway

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There is a lot of work out there to take people out of the loop in things like medical diagnosis. But if you are taking humans out of the loop, you are in danger of ending up with a very cold form of AI that really has no sense of human interest, human emotions, or human values.

Louis B. Rosenberg

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