Douglas Hofstadter Quotes

We all have heard it claimed that 13 is an 'unlucky number.' Indeed, there are many hotels in America that for this very reason claim not to have a 13th floor, in the sense that there is no button bearing the label '13' in their elevators (I recently stayed in one in New York, in fact).

Douglas Hofstadter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 15, 1945

Topics

New YorkAmericaNewReasonUnlucky

I probably like being isolated more than many people do, but I'm lucky to have the friendship of many fine people, and they keep me from becoming very isolated. The world of my mind is certainly a populated and warm place, too. It's difficult for me to become too isolated with such resources.

Jesse Ball

FriendshipPeopleMindMeWorld

If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating like never before.

John Ashcroft

FatherMotherCooperationNeverLike

'Give me your poor.' It didn't say, 'Give me your poor who can afford a $680 citizenship.' If I had my way, it would be free. If I had my way, the state would subsidize every eligible application, period.

Andrew Cuomo

MeFreeCitizenshipSayWayPoor

Writing and cookery are just two different means of communication.

Maya Angelou

CommunicationWritingTwoDifferent

I keep falling off the edge of the stage because I can't see it. I can't see my wrinkles in the mirror either, though.

John Lydon

MirrorWrinklesEdgeStageSeeOff

I don't claim to be a journalist. I hold myself to higher standards of transparency and disclosure.

Michael Arrington

MyselfTransparencyStandardsHold

I will readily confess that I'm a coffee addict.

St. Lucia

CoffeeWillConfessReadilyAddict

Ray and I do not draw salaries, Any profits will be re-invested into marketing the music we believe in.

Steve Vai

MusicBelieveMarketingWillRay

If men have easy access to divorce, many will choose it thoughtlessly. They may not gain true happiness with their new trophy wives, but they certainly will not slide into the material indigence and emotional misery that awaits most divorced women.

Tom Cotton

WomenHappinessMenDivorceChoose

When I'm in the classical world, I really treat it as exactly classical and I don't try and spruce it up or jazz it up or make it easier for the masses.

Rufus Wainwright

WorldTreatJazzTryUpMasses

I have great respect for Catholic traditions; my family is Catholic, and it's part of my life.

Juanes

LifeFamilyRespectGreatMy Life

America's Facebook generation shows a submission to standardization that I haven't seen before. The American adventure has always been about people forgetting their former selves - Samuel Clemens became Mark Twain, Jack Kerouac went on the road. If they had a Facebook page, they wouldn't have been able to forget their former selves.

Jaron Lanier

AdventurePeopleRoadGeneration

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