James Gleick Quotes

Novelists are in the business of constructing consciousness out of words, and that's what we all do, cradle to grave. The self is a story we tell.

James Gleick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 1, 1954

Topics

BusinessWordsStorySelfOutTell

I'm very blessed and appreciative of everything that's happened, and I'm just working hard for more opportunities to come.

Jessica Sanchez

BlessedOpportunitiesWorking Hard

My mother was largely a housewife until she and my father were divorced. No one in the family read for pleasure - it was a very unintellectual household - but my mother did read to us when we were little, and that's how I started to read.

Andrea Barrett

FamilyFatherMotherShePleasure

I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza.

Robert Indiana

ArtPeacePaintingThinkLongPoem

Whenever you have political conflict, such as the one that we have now between Russia and Ukraine, but also in many other conflicts around the world, it has always proved to be right to try again and again to solve such a conflict.

Angela Merkel

ConflictWorldPoliticalYouTry

There's a lot of reasons you can think of to say why you act, but I can only say that it just felt good. At the same time, it felt really painful. It's still troubling and stressful to me.

Skeet Ulrich

GoodTimeMeThinkYouI Can

No matter what kinds of problems we might be going through, or what kinds of problems the world might be going through, music is the place where we can all get along. We can all jam.

Trombone Shorty

MusicWorldProblemsPlaceMatter

I've spent more time on Hillary Clinton's Flickr page than any other human being on the planet.

Shonda Rhimes

TimePageMoreHumanHuman Being

I had plenty of pimples as a kid. One day I fell asleep in the library. When I woke up, a blind man was reading my face.

Rodney Dangerfield

DayManReadingFaceLibraryBlind

The theatre at my school was awesome. It was a 1,400-seat auditorium, so, being in that auditorium at 17, and having, like, 1,400 people cheer for you was, like, one of the most amazing feelings that I've ever felt, energy-wise. It just felt right.

Rutina Wesley

SchoolPeopleAmazingTheatreYou

My dad and I have always been somewhat competitive.

Rufus Wainwright

AlwaysCompetitiveBeenDadSomewhat

In a sportsperson's life, pressure is always there; you have to learn to deal with it.

Mary Kom

LifePressureLearnYouAlwaysDeal

For which reason I would exhort you to pay all due Regard to the government over us; to the KING and all in authority; and to lead a quiet and peaceable life.

Jonathan Mayhew

LifeGovernmentKingYouQuietPay

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