John Hodgman Quotes

It seems that every generation needs its public, tweedy, literary personality to sell its consumer electronics. To whatever degree I can live up to the Plimptonian legacy, I am humble and proud.

John Hodgman

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LiveHumblePersonalityI AmLegacy

I didn't leave home until 27. I was an only child raised in Philadelphia by my mother and grandmother. My grandmother controlled the stove. She made a lot of potato meals - mashed potato, potato souffle, potato pancakes. When we didn't have electricity, we ate romantically by candlelight.

Jill Scott

MotherHomeChildElectricityShe

Just an hour with you, and I understand why we had to meet.

Joan Armatrading

YouMeetWhyUnderstandJustHour

When you're doing a different kind of film, you have to bring a different kind of attitude; you have to bring a different kind of concentration.

Jerry Lewis

AttitudeDoingYouKindBringFilm

I like all of the early relationship strips that were collected in 'Love Is Hell,' where I pretended to be an expert in relationships and did comics like 'The Nine Types of Boyfriends,' 'Sixteen Ways to End a Relationship,' 'Twenty-Four Things Not to Say in Bed,' and other arbitrarily numbered lists.

Matt Groening

LoveRelationshipLove IsEndHell

Without really trying to, I've become a sort of jailhouse lawyer of relationships - someone who's had to do so much work on her own case that I can now help you with yours.

Tracy McMillan

WorkLawyerSomeoneHelpTryingYou

What people should understand is that I adore the Labour party.

Tony Blair

PeoplePartyUnderstandShouldAdore

I'll never forget seeing 'Guys and Dolls' over and over. I used to sit up in the coliseum watching this magnificent musical. Brilliant.

Ron Moody

Never ForgetSeeingForgetBrilliant

I was an athlete in college, and Wall Street likes athletes because they're very competitive people that are willing to do anything to win. So I got a job at Bear Stearns in the summer of 2007.

Michelle Wolf

JobPeopleCollegeWinWallSummer

My daughter Gabby very kindly once said that she thinks I was a better mother because I was doing a job I loved. I now think guilt is a universal part of being a mother. I used to think it was Jewish-mother guilt but now I think it is working-mother guilt.

Donna Karan

MotherDaughterJobThinkBetter

For most of my life I let women do the driving and was happy to let them.

Christopher Hitchens

LifeWomenHappyDrivingMy Life

And then once in Australia, I really hit the weights hard.

Brandon Routh

AustraliaHardHitOnceWeights

Men and machines are good at different things. People form plans and make decisions in complicated situations. We are less good at making sense of enormous amounts of data. Computers are exactly the opposite: they excel at efficient data processing but struggle to make basic judgments that would be simple for any human.

Peter Thiel

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