Ann Patchett Quotes

I've never had a terrible job. I've been a cook, waitress, bookseller, teacher, freelance writer. I know what the bad jobs are, and I haven't done them.

Ann Patchett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 2, 1963

Topics

TeacherJobBadKnowDoneNever

Death is such a strange thing. One minute you're here and then just gone. You'd think there would be an anteroom, a place where you could be visited before you go.

John Banville

DeathThinkYouPlaceGoStrange

Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time.

John Berger

TimeExperienceVillageChosenOur

I have an idea about building almost like a studio for some of the best Tropfest filmmakers, so they can come together and support and be given space and resources they need to tell great stories year around, so it's not just about the festivals. You know, the sky's the limit with this thing, and I'm still making it up as I go along.

John Polson

GreatBestTogetherSkySupportYou

I produce a lot of content, both to help others online and to promote my business.

John Rampton

BusinessHelp OthersHelpOthersLot

We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.

Tony Robbins

FutureRichThinkWillMatterLead

Tristan and Isolde were lucky to die when they did. They'd have been sick of all that rubbish in a year.

Robertson Davies

SickDieYearLuckyBeenRubbish

I always take bold moves. So it can have great return but with great risk.

Masayoshi Son

GreatBoldRiskAlwaysReturnTake

You can't have a healthy society unless you have healthy companies that are making a profit, that are employing people and that are growing.

Michael Porter

PeopleSocietyYouProfitHealthy

Mentors don't have to be the Daymond Johns or the Mark Cubans. A person running a successful bodega or a tax firm in your community for the last 20 years, that person is working just as much as the individual who's running General Mills.

Daymond John

CommunityPersonTaxMentorsYears

When a player deserves to play, with me, he'll play.

Antonio Conte

MePlayPlayerHeDeserves

I think the extreme complexity of medicine has become more than an individual clinician can handle. But not more than teams of clinicians can handle.

Atul Gawande

MedicineThinkBecomeMoreHandle

Innovation means change.

Sebastian Thrun

ChangeInnovationMeans

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