George Packer Quotes

Certain murderous ideas are in the air worldwide, and they are finding individuals in scattered places in different ways, and every attack spreads them further, plants an idea in a new head.

George Packer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

IdeasPlantsFindingNewPlacesAir

I think the riding uniform has always been so classic, with the britches and the blazers.

Jessica Springsteen

ThinkUniformClassicRidingAlways

I take pride in the fact that a lot of little kids dig what I do.

John Cena

PrideLittleTakeDigKidsFact

When punk came along, I found my generation's music. I grew up listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, 'cause that was what got played in the house. But when I first saw the Stranglers, I thought, 'This is it.'

Robert Smith

MusicListeningPinkGenerationPunk

Advertising at its worst will be killed by the Internet. And rightly so.

Maurice Saatchi

AdvertisingInternetWillWorst

I think it's common sense to say that the longer away from a crime it gets prosecuted, the less deterrent effect there is.

Jed S. Rakoff

ThinkCommon SenseSayCrimeSense

Just from being with my grandmother, my maturity escalated. And now I'm in tune to the needs of people. It was a large responsibility, taking care of a human being.

Steve Garvey

ResponsibilityMaturityPeopleCare

An expert is someone who knows a lot about the past.

Tom Hopkins

PastSomeoneExpertWhoKnowsAbout

I have a spasm of envy for the person that was killed by a falling bookcase, as long as it doesn't happen prematurely.

Tom Stoppard

LongEnvyPersonFallingHappen

The 'World Wide Web', as people quaintly called the Internet in 1996, was more or less made up of text. There was no YouTube. There was no Facebook. There was, however, Usenet, a loose and difficult-to-navigate assortment of message boards.

Michelle Dean

PeopleWorldInternetMoreYouTube

My stockbroker asked me something important today: paper or plastic?

Jay Leno

TodayMeImportantPlasticSomething

To feed a nation is never easy!

Jose Andres

EasyNeverNationFeed

Life too is precious to waste - to spend on anything but the best.

Dexter Scott King

LifeBestAnythingPreciousWaste

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by George Packer