Jon Krakauer Quotes

It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it.

Jon Krakauer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 12, 1954

Topics

BelieveEnoughEasyYouYoungWant

Baseball is the life.

Steve Garvey

LifeBaseball

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a moody folk singer, sitting on stools and being very depressing.

Stephen Mangan

SittingActorMoodySingerBeing

I'd go mad if I didn't have things to make me laugh.

Stuart Rose

MeLaughMadGoMake Me LaughMake

It may take me a long time before I feel 'ready' to tour as a lead singer. I may never be ready... we'll just have to see.

Stone Gossard

TimeMeFeelLongReadyLong Time

It's a consoling notion that death is a very tiny hole, and you need to make yourself very small to get through it. One obviously needs to lighten off, and a rucksack full of bricks or a mantelpiece full of trophies will certainly have to be abandoned - the sooner the better, I say.

Michael Leunig

DeathYourselfSmallBetterYouSay

How do you tackle Rob Gronkowski? You gotta hit him low, man - hit him in his knees. That's the best chance you have of hitting him.

Chris Harris, Jr.

BestManChanceYouHimLow

You've got to take the positives.

Craig Charles

YouTakeGotPositives

I couldn't get session work because most musicians hated my style.

Chris Squire

WorkStyleMusiciansBecauseGet

When I hear people say that they don't think that I can do something or they don't think I belong somewhere, that's all it takes for me to prove them wrong, and it's motivation.

CM Punk

PeopleMeThinkMotivationI Can

I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody.

Claudette Colbert

BusinessBestMeKnowBeenThan

My friend James Cameron and I made three films together - True Lies, The Terminator and Terminator 2. Of course, that was during his early, low-budget, art-house period.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

FriendTogetherEarlyThreeTrue

All religions accept that there is something called 'criminality.' And criminality cannot be excused by religious fervour.

Wole Soyinka

AcceptReligionsSomethingCannot

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