Ken MacLeod Quotes

The real world is far too complex and unpredictable to make something like the idea of humanity controlling its own evolution or engineering itself - well, I wouldn't say impossible but it should be approached with a degree of caution.

Ken MacLeod

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: August 2, 1954

Topics

WorldImpossibleEngineeringHumanity

I never really sang for anyone, apart from in the shower or with my best friend. I was shy. I didn't want to take voice lessons. I knew I could sing, but I just didn't tell anyone.

Jillian Hervey

FriendBestBest FriendVoiceWant

Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out.

Joan Collins

OpportunityWaitingBookLibraryOut

One of my best friends growing up was Vietnamese, and he and his mom would teach me how to say certain things so I could impress my nail girls. Then the nail girls would teach me how to count to 100 and basic things like 'Thank you' and 'You're welcome.' It's funny, because any accent that I do now always turns into Vietnamese.

Anjelah Johnson

FunnyBestWelcomeMomGrowing Up

Understand what you are acquiring and protect it at all costs. You are acquiring people and next-generation products. You are making an investment that together you can grow faster, make more profits, and take more market share.

John T. Chambers

TogetherPeopleGrowYouUnderstand

You do the hundreds of things that a Christward heart does in the hope that God will put a match to those little sparks to cause it to become a conflagration in a community or in a nation.

John Piper

GodHopeCommunityHeartYouBecome

I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way.

Steve Buscemi

PeopleSocietyFeelFeelingWayWho

I could talk for seven hours about Johnny Depp. There's no one like him. He has this amazing ability to watch something and then pick it up and do it, within seconds. He'll hate me for saying this, but I don't care. I'm going to say it anyway. He's Fred Astaire. He's this genius dancer. He says that he can't dance, but he can.

Rob Marshall

HateDanceAmazingMeSayingCare

A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent.

Logan Pearsall Smith

TalentMediocreGildedTomb

No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant association.

Johnny Weissmuller

MarriageStand UpStandUpStrain

Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.

Bodhidharma

KarmaHoldUsRegardlessOur

You have to emote much more to get what you're trying to get across to come through a quarter inch of latex that's superglued to your face.

Armie Hammer

FaceTryingYouMoreThroughGet

I have to be a father first and a husband first.

Antonio Davis

FatherHusbandFirst

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