Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Robert Shea Quotes

It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department.

Robert Shea

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: April 17, 1909 - March 10, 1994

Topics

Nature Person Leaving Him Ability

What's gratifying for me and interesting is that people are picking up on exactly what I want them to, which is that this is energizing people, and making them want to make stories.

Jessica Abel

People Me Interesting Want Up Make

My style icon really for my whole life has been my mother.

Jessica Simpson

Life Mother Style Icon Whole Been

I'd like to win an Oscar and then refuse it so I can protest the way they've treated Marlon Brando.

Michael Horse

Win I Can Way Protest Like Refuse

To this day, the only argument against Obama that critics can seem to come up with involves admitting he's better than them - though they certainly season it with some racism. You know, he's that lucky black man who actually appeals to the populace. He's that elitist who got himself off food stamps and into Harvard.

John Ridley

Food Day Man Racism Black Better

I never expect anything; I just go make a movie. I do the best I can, and whatever happens, happens.

Steve Zahn

Best I Can Go Never Anything Expect

'All Stars' is a weird game. The rules are weird. However, I think 'All Stars' mirrors the real industry much more closely than normal seasons of 'Drag Race' do. In the real world of entertainment, it really is about the impressions you leave on your brothers and sisters in the room, and that's kind of what it is about.

Trixie Mattel

Stars World Game Think Weird You

I think that some of the archetypes and works of science fiction that have pierced pop culture and stayed there are the darker ones and the dystopias.

Robin Sloan

Science Culture Think Science Fiction

This is something special. You can attempt to have a kind of non-living music.

Michael Tippett

Music You Kind Special Something

My older brother was a musical prodigy, and he got a scholarship to the Bronx House Music School. We moved to the Bronx when I was 4 to be close to his music school. Then I got a music scholarship myself, at the age of 6, but that was for a school down in Greenwich Village. I had to take the elevated train and then the subway to get there.

Mildred Dresselhaus

Music Age Myself School Brother

You can't play music and be mad at anybody. It'll show in your heart!

Dickey Betts

Music Heart You Mad Play Show

I have lots of brothers and sisters, two of whom are younger than myself, so I rely on my phone, text messaging or e-mailing to stay in the loop and communicate when I'm away for big chunks of time.

Devon Aoki

Time Myself Phone Two Big Stay

Paula Milne was really the first thing that drew me to 'The Politician's Husband.'

David Tennant

Me Husband First Politician Really