Ann Beattie Quotes

It's interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant.

Ann Beattie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 8, 1947

Topics

LifeDailyMyselfDaily LifeThink

I think self-esteem is fluid. It's not a fixed state, and so some days are better than others.

Jo Brand

ThinkBetterOthersSelf-EsteemDays

I turned down 'Some Like It Hot.' See how smart I am? I felt I couldn't bring anything funny to it. The outfit was funny. I don't need to compete with the wardrobe.

Jerry Lewis

FunnySmartI AmOutfitDownNeed

My father taught me you have to believe in yourself and run on your own track.

Jennifer Grey

FatherBelieve In YourselfYourself

My type of humor is me not caring whether people know what I'm talking about or not.

John Hodgman

HumorCaringPeopleMeTalkingKnow

I think that obviously, there is a perverse attraction to a fundamentally changed world or the end of the world. There is a death wish, a perverse death wish. Not just for ourselves, not just for the movie 'Death Wish,' but for the end of all human life.

John Hodgman

LifeDeathWorldThinkEndWish

Like you have seven people with their hands up. I gotta make a choice. Y'know, that's tough. Sometimes I gotta go with someone that has an idea and make several calls in a row, because they got an idea.

John Zorn

PeopleToughSomeoneHandsYouGo

What's really fun is to write under different names.

Tom Verlaine

FunWriteNamesDifferentReally

I definitely think there was some overacting on the part of the customers and the wait staff. The people who came in during the shooting were clearly there to have a moment on television, and that's fine.

Rocco DiSpirito

MomentPeopleWaitThinkTelevision

If ergonomists have their way, future products won't be built for some hypothetical average person but will conform to the biomechanical needs of whatever particular human body happens to come into contact with them.

Mary Roach

FutureBodyPersonWillWayHuman

Quality of life is very important in France. I have many friends who turned down promotions and more money because it would affect their quality of life as a couple or a mother.

Mireille Guiliano

LifeMotherMoneyQualityFriends

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.

Chris Evert

LifeQualityLosingWinningRest

I persist in performing.

David Tudor

PerformingPersist

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