George Saunders Quotes

When something really bad is going on in a culture, the average guy doesn't see it. He can't. He's average and is surrounded by and immersed in the cant and discourse of the status quo.

George Saunders

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 2, 1958

Topics

CultureBadStatus QuoSeeDiscourse

We just want kids to come to our concert and forget about everything.

Joel Madden

ForgetWantEverythingConcertKids

We have too many in Washington who are all too willing to just go along with the status quo and not make any waves.

John Fleming

WavesGoWashingtonStatus QuoAlong

But when I went to Hiroshima and began to study or just listen to people's descriptions of their work, it was quite clear they were talking about death all the time, about people dying all around them, about their own fear of death.

Robert Jay Lifton

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My mom and dad met at UCLA when he as a captain in the Air Force and she was in her junior year.

Tracy Austin

MomYearAir ForceCaptainSheAir

'The Divine Comedy' is very sophisticated but also very popular.

Roberto Benigni

ComedyDivineSophisticatedVery

I get bored with the same old film coming out every weekend. It feels like it's the same story all the time, and the same visuals, and the characters' dilemmas are remarkably similar.

Josh Hartnett

TimeStoryWeekendOldSameOut

Drama school is a pretty intense experience, and I think it changes who you are.

David Tennant

ExperienceSchoolThinkYouDrama

I think explicit love scenes are a turn off unless it's the kind you read with one hand.

Colleen McCullough

LoveThinkYouKindHandTurn

We feel that what's too far is when you make a joke and somebody gets hurt.

Bobby Farrelly

HurtFeelYouJokeFarSomebody

To play is to act out and be willful, exultant and committed, as if one is assured of one's prospects.

Brian Sutton-Smith

PlayOutActCommittedWillful

People who look for the first time through a microscope say, 'Now I see this, and then I see that,' and even a skilled observer can be fooled. On these observations I have spent more time than many will believe, but I have done them with joy, and I have taken no notice of those who have said, 'Why take so much trouble,' and, 'What good is it?'

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

GoodTimeJoyPeopleBelieveLook

Death's in the good-bye.

Anne Sexton

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