Mary Roach Quotes

I spend a lot of my time on the phone, pestering people. 'What's new in your lab? Can I come visit your lab? When can I come visit your lab?' I'm basically a professional pesterer.

Mary Roach

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 20, 1959

Topics

TimePeoplePhoneProfessionalNew

I went on a book tour immediately after 9/11. I was due to leave the following Wednesday, so I just did. It was an amazing thing, because planes hadn't been flying very many days, and I got on this plane and went to San Francisco, and the minute that plane lifted above the clouds, I felt this incredible sense of lightness.

Joan Didion

CloudsAmazingBookFlyingWednesday

I'm not brave, I'm not fantastic. I'm like any other woman. I'm unhappy. I'm difficult. I'm sad. Am I strong, too? Maybe, but not always. There are days when I don't want to see anyone. The most important thing you learn? You can live with it.

Sonia Rykiel

LiveSadWomanBraveStrongLearn

You have to be highly intelligent to get away with a dumb joke. That takes a pretty smart fella.

Tracy Morgan

SmartYouDumbIntelligentJokeGet

I respect the game that goes on of putting this against that, but I don't respect, nor do I enjoy, an awful lot of the actual programs that go on the air.

Roone Arledge

RespectGameEnjoyGoAirAgainst

I'm not a gym rat. I've got a gym membership, but my schedule is so crazy I just can't keep it regular.

Lisa Murkowski

CrazyGymScheduleRatMembership

When I was growing up, my father helped kindle my passion for innovation and technology. He was a high-ranking executive at AT&T and used our family dinner table as a focus group.

Denise Morrison

FamilyFatherTechnologyPassion

The text illustrates the pictures - it provides a connective tissue for me. I usually refine the text last, partly because pictures are harder to do, so it's easier to edit words - I use text as grout in between the tiles of the pictures.

Shaun Tan

WordsMePicturesBecauseLastText

You have to be able to bring technology to the forefront and allow economic opportunity to be more equally spread.

Shervin Pishevar

TechnologyOpportunityYouMoreAble

Shouldn't a great museum foster serious seeing before all else?

Mark Stevens

GreatSeeingMuseumSeriousBefore

I don't call myself an artist. I act. That's what I do.

Lusia Strus

MyselfArtistActCall

I usually carry my wallet, phone, Chapstick, and a snack at all times.

Kendrick Sampson

PhoneSnackWalletCarryTimes

I made 'Going Greek', which was a very sort of crappy fraternity comedy that I did back in 2000.

Justin Zackham

ComedyBackFraternityGoingMade

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