Robert M. Pirsig Quotes

For me, a writer should be more like a lighthouse keeper, just out there by himself. He shouldn't get his ideas from other people all around him.

Robert M. Pirsig

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PeopleMeIdeasMoreHimOut

As children know, there's lots of fun in nonsense. We never stop benefiting from staying flexible, open and responsive, even in the midst of confusion.

Joanna Scott

ChildrenFunStopKnowFlexible

I'm not anti-progress, obviously, but I just think progress needs to be a broader thing than just the technology we can create; it's also how we handle it and our level of awareness.

Matt Haig

TechnologyProgressThinkCreate

I am not stroppy at all.

Andy Murray

I AmAm

After the attacks on September 11th, we all learned lessons.

Michael Hayden

SeptemberLessonsLearnedAfter

'Scar Tissue' is the only book I've ever written when I've felt completely toxic, ill.

Michael Ignatieff

BookToxicOnlyTissueFeltEver

In other words, musicians know that going back to the Spoonful, what we were doing was not copying.

John Sebastian

WordsMusiciansDoingBackKnow

Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page.

Sidney Sheldon

SleepPeopleBookEndPageChapter

I am the youngest of three girls. My first linguistics book was a study of 'New York Jewish conversational style'. That was my dissertation.

Deborah Tannen

StyleI AmNew YorkBookNewThree

You will see the President being very, very tough on spending.

Donald Evans

ToughYouWillPresidentSeeBeing

My favorite music is jazz, actually. It's what I listen to, it's what I was raised on, and it's what I prefer to sing.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

MusicJazzListenI Was RaisedSing

Obama represents one-world government, a.k.a. Neocolonialism. Presidents don't change anything locally - they only deal with foreign policy.

Prodigy

ChangeGovernmentPolicyAnything

Architects have big egos. We like to think we're creating the pyramids and they're going to be around for thousands of years. And it's a joke because they're not even going to last our lifetime. I built a home for umpteen gazillion dollars on a gorgeous piece of property in Palm Beach, and 11 years later somebody else bought it and knocked it down.

Peter Marino

HomeBeachThinkDownCreatingPalm

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