Martha Beck Quotes

Comparing and contrasting is a valuable human skill - and not just during high school English exams. Our ability to rank-order things is invaluable in making choices and setting priorities.

Martha Beck

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 29, 1962

Topics

SchoolChoicesHigh SchoolPriorities

I love 'Gossip Girl.' I used to hang out with Blake Lively and Jessica Szohr. I'm also addicted to Bravo and reality shows like 'Top Chef.'

Jessica Stroup

LoveGirlChefRealityGossipTop

If it's supposed to be a really passionate snog, you slip the tongue in.

Jennifer Ellison

TongueYouPassionateSupposedSlip

My favorite computer of all time? The Apple II that got me started, of course.

Robert Scoble

TimeMeAppleStartedGotComputer

A movie is really provocation. It's not a message, it's not a statement.

Ang Lee

StatementMessageMovieReally

I see badly, I hear badly, and I feel bad, but everything's fine.

Jeanne Calment

FeelBadEverythingSeeI SeeFine

Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints.

Loretta Lynn

WinningAwardsNashvilleHerBecause

Many parents and teachers have become irritated to the point of distraction at the way the weed-style growth of 'like' has spread through the idiom of the young. And it's true that in some cases the term has become simultaneously a crutch and a tic, driving out the rest of the vocabulary as candy expels vegetables.

Christopher Hitchens

GrowthParentsRestDrivingYoung

I really love houses.

Courteney Cox

LoveHousesReally

For me, the ages between 9 and 12 were great because it was before you wore any masks, and you had some autonomy in the world. You had some freedom, and you felt you had unlimited ambition. It's when you thought, 'I'm going to write plays. I'm going to be president. I'm going to do this; I'm going to do that.' And then it all falls apart.

Claire Messud

FreedomGreatMeAmbitionWorldYou

When I was picked to fly the X-1, it was my duty to fly it, and I did.

Chuck Yeager

FlyDutyDidPicked

Let a man turn to his own childhood - no further - if he will renew his sense of remoteness, and of the mystery of change.

Alice Meynell

ChangeChildhoodManMysteryWill

You can criticize any news staff in some ways, but the one thing that you couldn't call the Village Voice staff was a staff of stenographers, taking notes from public figures and just passing them on.

Sydney Schanberg

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