Sheila Heti Quotes

There is a kind of sadness in not wanting the things that give so many other people their life's meaning. There can be sadness at not living out a more universal story - the supposed life cycle.

Sheila Heti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: December 25, 1976

Topics

LifePeopleSadnessStoryMeaning

Politics is not the nicest business, but there are still times when people do the right thing.

John Dickerson

BusinessPoliticsDo The Right Thing

What's impressed me about 'Star Trek' fans is how many generations they span and how many nations they represent. They are all over the place.

John Cho

MePlaceOverFansStarGenerations

I go inside the Octagon for fight. I don't joke, because it's danger.

Anderson Silva

FightGoInsideJokeDangerBecause

If I know that I shall be as an angel, and more; if I shall behold all God has made; if he shall own me for his son and exalt me to honor in his presence, I shall not fear to die, nor shall I dread the grave where Christ once lay.

Matthew Simpson

FearSonGodMeAngelHonor

Tweets? That stuff kills conversation. And people taking pictures with their phone or recording you, sometimes surreptitiously, is creepy. They come up and just start talking to you, and you can see the red light on their phone.

Robin Williams

LightRedPeopleStartTalkingYou

I think that Saudi women are very powerful. And I think that Saudi men are the greatest support to Saudi women.

Lubna Olayan

WomenMenSupportThinkPowerful

I've always said that I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I could make a great movie about him if I set my mind to it.

Dean Devlin

GreatMindBelieveSaidHimAlways

Running is the one part of my life in which I fundamentally feel like the observer instead of the observed.

Chelsea Clinton

LifeFeelMy LifeLikeObserver

I think in Washington, D.C., a lot of people are talking down about business.

Bob McDonnell

BusinessPeopleThinkTalkingDown

There's a difference between, as I always say, the destination, the end point, and the journey. The journey has a lot of twists and turns. It isn't always pretty.

Bob Menendez

JourneyDestinationEndSayAlways

Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy.

August Strindberg

NatureProgressStepEnergyPerson

I want the Israeli government to be made accountable for its behaviour to the Palestinians, and I want the people of the U.S. to cease acting as if they don't understand what is going on.

Alice Walker

GovernmentPeopleActingUnderstand

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