George Pelecanos Quotes

Can't get my head around sci-fi or fantasy. I'm not putting those genres down; it's just that I'm not built for them.

George Pelecanos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 18, 1957

Topics

DownFantasyHeadGetJustSci-Fi

I've met people with my prints tattooed on them, my face tattooed on them - I have that commitment and love.

Jeremy Scott

LoveCommitmentPeopleFacePrints

I got sort of sick of seeing Asians being the blank, bland real estate agent or something. I didn't care. It didn't mean anything to me.

John Cho

MeReal EstateSickCareSeeing

The competition to get above the rest and be the lead commentator, or whatever you want to call it, is much fiercer than it was when I was starting out. By the same token, there were not as many jobs going back then, so to get one was an achievement in itself.

John Motson

AchievementCompetitionRestYouOut

That settled Abraham Lincoln with me. I was thoroughly satisfied that no such man ought to be President; but I could not yet conceive it possible that such a monster would be the choice of a majority of the people for President.

John Sergeant Wise

ManPeopleMeChoicePossibleWould

I am opposed to the wholesale giving away of the public lands to railroad corporations and other like institutions; at the same time, I believe that the government can encourage, by gifts, great national enterprises which are for the common weal and are so placed that they cannot properly expect local support.

Ambrose Burnside

GreatTimeGovernmentI AmSupport

I'm not much of an economic conservative, and I'm not conservative at all on foreign policy.

Tucker Carlson

ConservativePolicyEconomicMuch

People have debated both sides of the Liefeld influence, good and bad, and I maintain the sales and the results of that time bear out that people love that stuff.

Rob Liefeld

LoveGoodTimePeopleInfluenceBad

There are worse things than being called 'the camel lady,' I suppose.

Robyn Davidson

LadyCamelThingsBeingWorseThan

I believe there are some great things that I've taken from the Bible in terms of loving the world and trying to be kind. There are a lot of good things to take from the Bible, and I like to think I try to apply them to my life.

Michaela Coel

LifeGoodGreatBe KindGood Things

If you train too much, it can rule your life, and I don't think that's healthy - for men or women.

Luke Evans

LifeWomenMenThinkYouTrain

Donald J. Trump has the good fortune of taking office as the economy is finally recovering from the 2008 crisis.

Joseph Stiglitz

GoodCrisisOfficeEconomyFortune

You have to assume that everything you do is public knowledge. Everything. Because now everyone is a reporter. Everyone is a photographer.

Derek Jeter

KnowledgeYouNowPhotographer

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