William Gibson Quotes

Occasionally if I look back at something I've written I'll find one of those that I don't understand, but that's a bad thing - the unconscious has dealt me a bad hand.

William Gibson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 17, 1948

Topics

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I myself have been scrutinized by militarized police, but I know officers who actually handle themselves in a certain way that makes me feel safe.

Jidenna

MyselfPoliceMeFeelKnowWay

Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well.

Matthew Lesko

GoodGovernmentPeopleWellWorking

The Spanish Empire eventually collapsed because of its expensive taste for warfare and conquest.

Robert Kiyosaki

TasteExpensiveEmpireBecause

Tim Burton's 'Sleepy Hollow' has got to be the most gorgeous, sumptuous, painterly movie ever made about multiple decapitations.

Jeff Giles

GorgeousGotHollowMadeMostMovie

There were no Asian lads boxing when I started.

Amir Khan

BoxingAsianStartedWereLads

For most of America's history, people typically aspired to acquire 'a competency' rather than great riches. A competency meant the ability to comfortably sustain a household without depending on others. 'Competence' also meant being capable and reliable. The American Dream was that people who worked hard and capably could support their families.

Stephanie Coontz

HistoryGreatAmerican DreamSupport

God bears with the wicked, but not forever.

Miguel de Cervantes

GodWickedForeverBears

I think sexy is vulnerability, and there's no way you can act vulnerable. It just has to be there.

Michael Zaslow

ThinkSexyYouWayVulnerability

I'm way too famous and rich to be on a dating app, but if I get very desperate by the time I'm 60, I'll go on Tinder. Or I'll go on 'Millionaire Matchmaker'; I'll call Patti Stanger.

Lisa Lampanelli

TimeDatingRichFamousGoWay

I love pressure in a different sort of way; I enjoy the pressure of getting out and performing for the public. Being compared and judged doesn't seem quite right to me.

Joshua Bell

LoveMePressureEnjoyWayRight

The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.

Ali Abdullah Saleh

PeopleDemocracyUsImposedYemen

The mineral world is a much more supple and mobile world than could be imagined by the science of the ancients. Vaguely analogous to the metamorphoses of living creatures, there occurs in the most solid rocks, as we now know, perpetual transformation of a mineral species.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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