Jared Diamond Quotes

I've always been interested in a lot of things, and a lot of things at the same time, and I always tried to explain them to myself. I ask a lot of questions.

Jared Diamond

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 10, 1937

Topics

TimeMyselfQuestionsAskExplain

When you look at the world, the world isn't just one palette. It's a beautiful rainbow, and why not have someone to represent that rainbow?

Joan Smalls

BeautifulRainbowWorldSomeoneLook

The world is hugely unequal.

Angus Deaton

WorldUnequalHugely

Checks aren't money.

Andy Warhol

MoneyChecks

A seventeenth-century house tends to be short on frills like hallways and closets; you must improvise.

John Updike

ShortYouHouseMustLikeImprovise

My outlines can be 10-20 pages in length and focus primarily on the physical active plot over the emotional plot.

Tony DiTerlizzi

FocusActiveOverEmotionalPlot

It makes me furious to hear haters of all skin colors - especially Christian, Jewish, and Muslim fundamentalists - deride other people because of their different beliefs and lifestyles.

Rita Dove

PeopleMeColorsChristianHaters

I went West and took part in the strike of the machinists - the Southern Pacific Railroad, the corporation that swung California by its golden tail, that controlled its legislature, its farmers, its preachers, its workers.

Mary Harris Jones

RailroadStrikeGoldenFarmersWest

Dating is just awkward moments and one person wants more than the other. It's just that constant strangeness. I think it's a very real thing.

Jason Schwartzman

DatingThinkMomentsPersonMore

We will watch very carefully what is happening in the economy and adjust policies appropriate.

Janet Yellen

WillEconomyAdjustWatchHappening

Every thread of creation is held in position by still other strands of things living.

Don McLean

CreationLivingThreadPositionHeld

I would prefer things to be peaceful and not have conflict.

Don Winslow

ConflictPeacefulThingsWould

I had this contract to write songs for people when I was about 18. I don't think any of them were taken up; I was a complete failure at it! But I've kept doing it, writing little songs for myself.

Douglas Hodge

FailureMyselfPeopleWritingThink

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