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Amanda Palmer Quotes

My number-one goal is to never feel like I'm strictly defining myself. The minute I feel like I'm doing that as anything - as theatrical, as feminist, as songwriter - I feel like the minute I name it, I'm stuck in a box.

Amanda Palmer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: April 30, 1976

Topics

Myself Name Feel Doing Goal Never

I did magic at children's parties when I was a kid.

Joe Cornish

Children Magic Kid Did Parties

I really got into the cricket and staying up late watching the World Cup.

Jeremy London

Cricket World Late Watching Up Cup

My sisters both are working mothers. I understand that my being an actress as well as being at home isn't some heroic thing. That doesn't mean it isn't confusing or difficult - especially that question of how you find a balance.

Jennifer Garner

Home Balance You Find Understand

I'm not much like my mother; that role falls to my brothers, who have more of her blithe and freewheeling spirit.

Meghan O'Rourke

Mother Spirit More Her Role Like

I am not interested in trying to convince and change the mind of a bigot.

Angela Rye

Change I Am Mind Trying Convince Am

My work on happiness is the only thing I've ever done where I've heard people in the supermarket talking about it, for instance.

Angus Deaton

Work Happiness People Talking Done

I've met them down in the Cost and Accounting Department, clean-shaven and in white collars. They can't see a damn thing ridiculous about themselves... only about you.

Jean Shepherd

Accounting You White Down Damn See

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R & D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R & D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.

Steve Jobs

Innovation Money People You Apple

I think anything that anyone writes that's any good is going to have a lot of autobiography.

Stephen Adly Guirgis

Good Think Anything Going I Think

I really want be of great value for the team.

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Great Value Team Want Really

Jesters do often prove prophets.

Joseph Addison

Prove Prophets Often

George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, forthright speech.

Christopher Lasch

Speech Trouble Right Names Things