David Wong Quotes

We've gone from, in the '50s and '60s, being very optimistic about the future, where the future is all spaceships and The Jetsons and flying cars, to where we were just sure the future was going to be a massive pile of rubble.

David Wong

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 10, 1975

Topics

FutureFlyingGoneWhereGoingSure

While all old people have been young, no young people have been old, and this troubling fact engenders the frustration of all parents and elders, which is that while you can describe your experience, you cannot confer it.

Andrew Solomon

ExperienceParentsPeopleFrustration

I have met a lot of athletes who were on the top of their sport, and then sat around and did nothing. They just didn't know what to do.

Max Aaron

KnowNothingTopJustWhoDid

It's a big shame, because 'Trixter' in my mind were what a real rock n' roll band is all about.

Steve Brown

MindRockShameBandRealBig

My life is not as dramatic as it is depicted in the shows. I am not at all submissive. I am free-spirited.

Sriti Jha

LifeI AmMy LifeSubmissiveShows

I've been very fortunate to be able to jump around. I just did this really wonderful film called Map of the World. That was a real, amazing, dramatic story. Then I did a movie called Company Men, a little comedy about the Bay of Pigs.

Sigourney Weaver

MenAmazingWorldStoryComedyJump

There used to be a lot of acts, which was good, because people don't want to see the same act every night. But, you don't want too many acts, you don't want to over-saturate it.

Mickey Gilley

GoodPeopleNightYouWantSee

Obama is dedicated to a 'drip, drip' doctrine.

Michael McCaul

DripDedicatedDoctrineObama

I've never been able to shake the idea of family, which is to say I've never been able to shake my family. Being membered - being one limb of an immense grosser body - that's always been a fact to me.

Joshua Cohen

FamilyMeBodySayNeverAlways

The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.

Joseph Addison

KnowledgeManKnowNothingKnowsHe

When I get into a bad mood, I do sports and then everything's OK. And then I go and make decisions, however painful they may be.

Dmitry Medvedev

SportsDecisionsBadGoMoodMay

Many mothers and daughters are as close as any two people can be, but closeness always carries with it the need - indeed, the desire - to consider how your actions will affect the other person, and this can make you feel that you are no longer in control of your own life.

Deborah Tannen

LifePeopleControlFeelYouPerson

If it's funny, I'll do anything.

Cloris Leachman

FunnyAnything

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