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Stephen J. Dubner Quotes

While in the middle of writing a book, I have a hard time reading other books for pleasure.

Stephen J. Dubner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: August 26, 1963

Topics

Time Writing Book Reading Hard

We all have a limited amount of good judgment.

Maya Soetoro-Ng

Good Judgment Good Judgment Limited

The problem with all-or-nothing thinking is that it stops people even taking the first steps. The thought of never having pepperoni pizza again somehow turns into an excuse to keep ordering it every week.

Pizza People Thinking Thought Week

I always wrote for myself. I figured I'm not that different from other people. If there's a story I like a lot, there's got to be others with similar tastes.

Myself People Story Others Always

When I started out in the duck-call business, my college buddies would come in and say, 'Robertson, you have a college degree. What are you doing?' Then they drove away saying, 'What an idiot!' Thirty-five years later, they're saying, 'The sucker's a genius!'

Business College Saying Genius Doing

Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

Dream Actor Star Being Agent

My theory on life is that life is beautiful. Life doesn't change. You have a day, and a night, and a month, and a year. We people change - we can be miserable or we can be happy. It's what you make of your life.

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Life Change Beautiful Day Happy

Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.

Donald Rumsfeld

Small Dangerous Precision Error Lack

The delay in SpaceShipTwo has not been the development of either of the vehicles. But the rocket motor has just been problematic from the get-go.

Development Delay Rocket Been Just

I have come across both inspiring teachers of history and deplorable ones over the years, so one cannot generalise, except perhaps to observe that the profession seems to encourage anti-militarist sentiments.

History Teachers Over Years Seems

I feel more comfortable with the ball in my hands, playing the point guard. But I like playing the 2, too. I think I bring tough defense and the ability to score and also get my teammates the ball to score.

Tough Think Feel Hands Teammates

The rhetoric on the Hill is getting very heated and it's getting quite dangerous. The gun is at the head of the American economy and Congress is holding it and its got a hair trigger. We've got to pay our bills.

Hair Gun American Dangerous Rhetoric

I remember driving home from a movie - it wasn't 'Halloween' but another one, maybe the original 'Omen' - and I dropped my friends off, and it was also broad daylight, and yet I was sure that, like, Damien was in the backseat or something like that.

Home Driving Friends Remember Sure

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