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Jon Evans Quotes

It is a truth universally acknowledged, in the enlightened liberal semi-socialist California circles in which I often move, that Uber is evil.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: canadian
Birth: 1974

Topics

Truth Evil California Circles Move

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.

Organization Violence Non-Violence

I read a quote by James Dean when I was 17; he said, 'I'd rather starve than do a whole bunch of work that I don't care about.' The older I got, the more I understood what he was saying. If I want to do a whole lot of work that I don't care about, then I would probably be working in a law office somewhere.

Work Law Saying Care Said Want

I was just absolutely exhausted. The media said I've been treated for a nervous breakdown. All that stuff I just took as people taking the opportunity when you're down to give you a kick.

Opportunity People Media You Down

It is easy to overlook the importance of the young in underdeveloped countries. It is the natural course for nations, and diplomats, and those who publish newspapers, to speak to the established order. Seeking out the young requires a conscious effort.

Effort Speak Easy Young Out Order

It's a privilege to be an actor, as it's not work - it's a job.

Work Job Privilege Actor

The recurring question that anyone from Bihar gets is whether Patna has improved. I'm not interested in answering that question.

Question Not Interested Interested

Hopefully, I'm not stealing scenes from other actors, because then they won't want to work with me.

Work Me Want Stealing Because Then

I basically just write stream of consciousness to a certain extent. I let the song kind of go where it wants to go.

Song Go Kind Write Stream Where

I started to respect older actors when I was young and then contemporary actors later on. Then I learned respect for comedy. When I was first doing theatre, I thought of it as just a means to become Sarah Bernhardt or someone like that. But acting with young people has been a great learning experience.

Learning Respect Great Experience

Since 9/11, the Justice Department has been widely criticized for one particular tactic it uses in fighting the War on Terror: it detains suspicious persons for long periods of time and puts them under heavy questioning before they are ever even charged with a crime.

Time Justice War Fighting Long Been

Our voting records are not necessarily the same, but, you know, we're all Texans, and at the end of the day, we try to help each other out.

Day End Of The Day End Voting Help

If an ad campaign is built around a weak idea - or as is so often the case, no idea at all - I don't give a damn how good the execution is, it's going to fail.

Good Execution Damn Weak Fail Going

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