Tucker Max Quotes

The Big Five publishing companies are dinosaurs trying to survive in a post-meteor world. They won't.

Tucker Max

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 27, 1975

Topics

WorldSurviveTryingDinosaursBig

In the old days of literature, only the very thick-skinned - or the very brilliant - dared enter the arena of literary criticism. To criticise a person's work required equal measures of erudition and wit, and inferior critics were often the butt of satire and ridicule.

Joanne Harris

WorkCriticismLiteraturePersonWit

Autonomous tractors would enable a farmer to focus on the work that matters the most on a farm.

Anand Mahindra

WorkFocusFarmFarmerMattersMost

We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits - and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful.

Simone Weil

HurtThoughtLoseSituationPainful

I'm a dual citizen in a way. I live in the States and have a green card, so my connection to British politics is almost nonexistent.

Rupert Friend

LivePoliticsGreenConnectionWay

Education means teaching kids how to do stuff and how to think about stuff. Education is a pretty simple concept with a very clear way to measure results: you give some kind of an exam - maybe it's one of those standardized tests all kids hate, maybe it's some kind of essay, but whatever it is, it'll measure the results, and the kids will hate it.

Mike Gallagher

EducationHateSimpleThinkYouWay

Just try new things. Don't be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?

Michelle Obama

New ThingsStepSoarComfortNew

Do you think I am standing here, making this up as I go? I am sorry to disillusion you. I am not Robin Williams. I am the king of the pen.

Mitch Hedberg

I AmKingSorryThinkYouPen

When you eliminate vanity from an art form, and I would think that this would be any art form, what is left is an opportunity to be incredibly naked and truthful.

Lorraine Toussaint

OpportunityArtThinkYouVanity

Healthy people are invalids who don't know it.

Jules Romains

PeopleHealthyKnowWho

Technically, fish can last up to half a year in a freezer, but their quality starts to slide after the first month.

Jonathan Miles

QualityFishYearFirstMonthUp

Everywhere, publishers are being squeezed out.

Anthony Horowitz

OutBeingEverywherePublishers

I came out of the womb singing, dancing, and telling awkward jokes.

Annaleigh Ashford

SingingDancingOutJokesAwkward

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