Stephen McCauley Quotes

I guess I have an aversion to writing about big events and heroic actions. The everyday has always seemed most important to me in writing, probably because I believe people reveal themselves in how they deal with small details.

Stephen McCauley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 26, 1955

Topics

PeopleMeWritingSmallBelieve

Oh the Christian church has encouraged enormous immaturity among the peoples who are its primary adherence.

John Shelby Spong

ChurchChristianWhoOhPrimary

Even a poor man can receive honors.

Sophocles

ManPoorPoor ManEvenHonors

We have to look and ensure that we're paying attention to what we're doing, so that we don't reflexively institute processes and procedures that exclude people without thought.

Sonia Sotomayor

PeopleThoughtDoingAttentionLook

I think about the movie 'Jaws.' They had this state-of-the-art animatronic shark, but it kept breaking down, which kept delaying the filming. So, they had to use it very sparingly, but it became why the film was so good because you never saw the shark. You only heard about it, and it was suggested.

Tom Ellis

GoodThinkYouDownWhyNever

I was born and raised in Las Vegas, and then I left there to go to the University of Evansville where I majored in theatre.

Rutina Wesley

TheatreVegasBornGoUniversity

An Oscar nomination? That would be a very satisfying thing, I'm sure. I would appreciate the thought. It would be like taking your hat off as an actor to all the people who walk through you.

Ruby Dee

WalkHatPeopleThoughtAppreciate

We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed where I was happy.

Mary Oliver

HappinessHeartHappyHungryHunger

Pacino's always played the suffering prince. I just find that interesting.

Jason Patric

SufferingInterestingFindAlways

I found school very boring and frustrating.

Jose Ferreira

SchoolBoringFoundVeryFrustrating

When I'm hiring a cook for one of my restaurants, and I want to see what they can do, I usually ask them to make me an omelette.

Bobby Flay

MeWantAskSeeHiringCook

Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.

William Makepeace Thackeray

SelfishYoungOldNextMostVery

I'm not meek at all.

Paula Radcliffe

Meek

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