George Saunders Quotes

You don't want to be that parent - the one who dresses his kid in a cloth sack when all the other kids are in Armani cloth sacks - especially in a time like ours, when materialism is not only rampant and ascendant but is fast becoming the only game in town.

George Saunders

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeGameParentYouFastWant

Don't pile your tomatoes in a container that doesn't breathe. I like my baskets or grass mesh plates, and I layer them single deep, stem end down to prevent bruises and premature rotting.

Andrew Zimmern

DeepEndDownGrassBreatheSingle

I never thought about success. I always thought about doing the job at hand. My goal was getting through the show that night.

Steve Martin

SuccessJobNightThoughtDoing

All I can do is make sure I show up to fight, and then they have no choice but to pay me.

Rose Namajunas

FightMeChoiceI CanPayUp

I don't think of myself as an actress. I still think I'm fannying around in my mum's front room.

Michelle Gomez

MyselfThinkRoomActressStillMum

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

AdversityManMindBravePressure

I like to get my 10,000 steps in.

Joshua Malina

You have it within your grasp to be regarded as one of the greatest legislative sessions in the history of the state. If you're bold and if you're ready to aggressively reach for our future, all the ingredients are here. The opportunities are waiting for us.

Dirk Kempthorne

FutureHistoryWaitingOpportunities

The Sharks step right on each other's questions, and if I ever did that in Silicon Valley, I would be considered a pariah. I literally had to learn how to interrupt.

Chris Sacca

StepLearnQuestionsSharksRight

I knew I wanted to do music at eight years of age. I listened to a lot of Motown growing up, and it got to the point where I started mimicking people - Michael Jackson or whoever. People started to notice I could hold a tone. The bug was always there.

Conrad Sewell

MusicAgePeopleGrowing UpGrowing

Multiple mergers can be challenging because people come from different backgrounds.

Arundhati Bhattacharya

PeopleBecauseDifferentCome

The world record is like you we went to the theater to see this movie, and it was really good, and it had an unexpected ending, and you left the theater saying, 'Wow, that was such a great movie.'

Ashton Eaton

GoodGreatWorldSayingEndingYou

Being in a male-dominated industry, you can feel like a little excluded. That was making me feel like maybe I'm not funny. I was really seriously considering, like, quitting standup.

Phoebe Robinson

FunnyMeFeelYouSeriouslyLittle

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