Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Kurt Andersen Quotes

The mistrust of government that blossomed in the late '60s has become a chronic and in some ways pathological condition.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: August 22, 1954

Topics

Government Late Become Some Mistrust

The point of an experiment is not to arrive at a predetermined end point, to prove or disprove anything, but to deliver a poem that reveals much about the process taken.

Process End Prove Point Anything

People try to glorify war, particularly those who aren't actually fighting in them. People tend to make heroes of those who are fighting in them.

War People Fighting Try Heroes Who

George Bush and John Ashcroft were religious in a scary way, but the rational among us could always take heart that, deep down, the Bush administration was more cynical than messianic.

Heart Deep Down Way More Scary

President Obama likes to talk about the Buffett Rule. Well, here's a Buffett Rule that all Americans should be able to support: mom and pop businesses should not pay a higher tax rate than Fortune 500 corporations like Warren Buffett's.

Support Mom Tax President Talk Pay

They always say girls mature faster than boys, but I don't think that's true because I think girls just are more mature than boys. We're always trying to catch up to them.

Think Trying Say True Mature More

I moved to MIT from Stanford in 1984 to teach, and became the founding director of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab.

Science Intelligence Teach Director

I'd say if you wanted to forestall bad events, the best thing to do is anticipate them and try to correct them before they get close.

Lloyd Blankfein

Best You Bad Say Try Events

Modern medicine uses imaging 'windows' such as magnetic resonance imaging scanners to bring into view otherwise unseen vital information that skilled physicians can use for the benefit of their patients.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Medicine View Information Windows

I thought law school was more like the guillotine. I didn't really think I would make it; I just thought this is one of the few ways to potentially get respect, to go to law school.

Respect School Law Think Thought Go

The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.

Bryan Q. Miller

Passion Courage Balance Go Task Out

I'm into using acrylic, in a complicated kind of way: Making it just as good as oil paint - better, maybe. It's odd - when I started out, acrylic was for children, pretty much. It was a cheaper paint. It wasn't supposed to look very good or last very long.

Good Children Better Long Look Kind

People think it's terribly sad to spend Christmas alone, but it's no sadder, really, than spending any other day alone, is it?

Sad Alone Day People Think Than

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Kurt Andersen