James Wolcott Quotes

As we divest ourselves of once familiar physical objects - digitize and dematerialize - we approach a 'Star Trek' future in which everything can be accessed from the fourth dimension with a few clicks or terse audibles.

James Wolcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 10, 1952

Topics

FutureEverythingStarApproachOnce

I'm good at snap decisions. But if you let me, I will chew something to death.

Jimmy Iovine

GoodDeathMeDecisionsYouWill

I grew up thinking you're either a winner in the world, or you're not. I presumed I was not. I had no reason to think I would be, and my inclination is towards self-deprecation. I wish I'd known no one was judging my every move, but I'm still like this!

Jennifer Egan

WorldThinkThinkingWishWinnerUp

I respond to about a quarter of comments. It's a good barometer of my mental health - when I'm healthy and busy, I don't read them.

Meghan Daum

GoodHealthBusyMental HealthRead

'Rock Or Bust' is a thing we've always done.

Angus Young

DoneRockAlwaysThingBust

You go through your 20s sort of like a chrysalis in many ways, stretching into your own skin and trying to bust out of a cocoon.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

TryingYouSkinGoOutOwn

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.

Desiderius Erasmus

LivePeopleWorldFaceRealityTurn

Even though brands are created by people, they belong to the corporations.

Debbie Millman

PeopleBelongEvenCorporations

I admired shows like 'Six Feet Under.' That was an amazing show. Never boring, always inventive, smart. Loved the characters. Completely original. Those are shows that I admire.

Chris Carter

SmartAmazingFeetLovedBoring

We need women who are at the head of a boardroom, like at the head of the White House, at the head of kind of major scientific enterprises so that little girls everywhere can then think, you know what? I can do that, I want to do that, I will do that.

Chelsea Clinton

WomenLittle GirlsThinkYouHouse

I am tired of people using 'diverse' to mean 'of color.' That's not what that word means. 'Diversity' means people of all different races, all together - like a New York City subway.

Courtney A. Kemp

TogetherDiversityNew YorkTired

In the B-52s, we employ a lot of people. It's a machine that keeps it all going, which is wonderful.

Cindy Wilson

PeopleWonderfulGoingMachineWhich

When I love, I do it without counting. I give myself entirely. And each time, it is the grand love of my life.

Brigitte Bardot

LifeLoveTimeMyselfMy LifeGive

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