Michael Dirda Quotes

Literary generations come and go, and each generation passeth away and is heard of no more. In the end, simply the making itself - of poems and stories and essays - delivers the only reward a writer can be sure of. And, perhaps, the only one that matters.

Michael Dirda

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EndGenerationRewardCome And GoGo

The smart phone isn't a perfect device, as we all know. It forces the world into a tiny screen. It runs out of battery, bandwidth, and power. It distracts us from the world around us.

John Battelle

PowerSmartWorldPerfectPhoneOut

Democracy is not just about voting but about informed voting. If democracy doesn't have access to reliable sources of information and instead relies on social proof, then there is no way of distinguishing between junk evidence and actual knowledge.

Jens Martin Skibsted

KnowledgeDemocracyVotingWayJunk

We can all agree that first loves can be a scary thing, and that growing up is hard to do.

Meg Cabot

Growing UpGrowingFirstHardScary

Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.

Amelia Earhart

WomenMenGloryMoreEverythingPay

Money couldn't buy friends, but you got a better class of enemy.

Spike Milligan

MoneyBetterFriendsYouEnemyBuy

So research is a terribly imperfect science, and you learn an awful lot more after you've published a book, because people keep writing to you and saying, 'Oh, gosh, I was related to such and such a character and I have a letter in my possession.'

Simon Winchester

CharacterSciencePeopleResearch

I don't want to give too much ink to foolish men.

Tori Amos

MenToo MuchWantFoolishGiveInk

As a young kid, I had a great background. My grandfather was a minister; I have two uncles that were ministers, and so I had that spiritual background. I accepted Christ early as a kid.

Tony Dungy

GreatSpiritualEarlyGrandfather

Did you know that today will never be tomorrow.

Jay London

TodayTomorrowYouKnowWillNever

In every art form, nothing exists in a bubble. It exists because of what came before it. A lot of bricks were laid. I think if it weren't for 'The Purge,' 'Get Out' wouldn't resonate as a mainstream movie. You push on the taste of the audience, in a way, get them used to something, and then you keep pushing on it.

Jason Blum

ArtThinkPushYouNothingBubble

Concord, solidarity, and mutual help are the most important means of enabling animal species to survive.

Christian Lous Lange

AnimalSurviveHelpImportantMeans

I think there are a lot of things that soccer does in the communities that transcend the soccer field.

Brandi Chastain

ThinkSoccerThingsFieldTranscend

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