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Rob Sheffield Quotes

The main job requirement for a network-news anchor is thinking it's the only important job in the world. This is a field where solemn gravitas isn't a drawback; it's the whole point.

Rob Sheffield

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: February 2, 1966

Topics

Job World Thinking Important Anchor

As far as diversity's concerned, there's me, there's Al Madrigal, there's Aasif Mandvi. But I'm not walking around feeling black all the time. That would stress me out.

Jessica Williams

Time Stress Diversity Me Black Out

In a recent decision of the Supreme Court, not made, however, by the full court, and concurred in by only four justices, it was held that the seller of a patented mimeograph could bind the purchaser to use only his ink in the machine, though the ink was not patented.

John Bates Clark

Decision Supreme Court Ink Four Made

In Arizona, anyone over 18 can buy an assault rifle, at 21 you can get a pistol, and you can carry your gun, loaded or unloaded, concealed or openly, just about anywhere.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

Gun You Over Buy Carry Get

The Boys and Girls club was basically a second home for me, and I always credit it with keeping me out of trouble. From the ages of 6 to 16, I was there nearly every day.

Mike Scully

Home Day Me Credit Every Day Club

I liked 'Robocop' because of the director, and it was an intelligent, big-action studio movie.

Michael Keaton

Intelligent Director Because Studio

One of the over-riding things for many who grow up in poverty is the simple desire to escape. I think it was sort of obvious to me that escape had to be through education.

Mildred Dresselhaus

Education Simple Me Think Grow Up

Why is electricity so expensive these days? Why does it cost so much for something I can make with a balloon and my hair?

Dennis Miller

Hair Electricity I Can Why Balloon

I think Americans are weirdly puritanistic about psychopharmaceuticals. There are millions of people out there who would otherwise be dead or rocking by themselves in a corner who now lead full and normal lives because of amazing and wonderful scientific advances.

Douglas Coupland

People Amazing Think Now Dead Out

I went into Xanadu going, 'I really dislike this movie - let me try to make it something wonderful,' but with 'The Band Wagon,' I really revere this movie. It's really a beautiful movie musical. And, yet, because I'm a writer and look at it that way, I see that there are faults in it.

Douglas Carter Beane

Beautiful Me Look Way Try See

The more that I can work in different mediums, the more I can grow, and learn from different actors and different types of actors and directors and different styles of acting and build a tool box.

Christina Ricci

Work Grow Learn Acting I Can Build

I just want to be a sane person. I wanna be a person who has a life and who acts.

Claire Danes

Life Person Want Sane Just Who

Anita Roddick was amazing. Her presence in a room was full of light, and everything she worked to achieve still resonates now.

Annie Lennox

Light Amazing Achieve Now She Room