George Saunders Quotes

If you think of a work of fiction as a kind of scale model of the world, then the positive valences - where things turn out better than you thought they would - ought to be in there somewhere, too.

George Saunders

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PositiveWorkWorldThinkBetter

Being 'ethnically ambiguous', as I was pegged in the industry, meant I could audition for virtually any role. Morphing from Latina when I was dressed in red, to African American when in mustard yellow, my closet filled with fashionable frocks to make me look as racially varied as an Eighties Benetton poster.

Meghan Markle

RedYellowMeAmericanLookDressed

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.

John Ruskin

LifeReadingShortQuietBeingNone

I'm just a living witness that you can be an imperfect soldier and still be in the army fighting for God Almighty. Don't you think you got to be perfect 'cause I ain't.

Steve Harvey

GodThinkFightingArmyYouPerfect

A lot of hacking is playing with other people, you know, getting them to do strange things.

Steve Wozniak

PeopleYouKnowStrangePlaying

As so often happens with Washington scandals, it isn't the original scandal that gets people in the most trouble - it's the attempted cover-up.

Tom Petri

PeopleTroubleWashingtonOriginal

The difference is that for a soundly conceived and solidly endowed republic it takes a great deal longer for those seeds to germinate and the plants to grow.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

GreatPlantsSeedsGrowDifference

There is no fairness out there. There is no balance in the media.

Ronna McDaniel

BalanceMediaFairnessOut

When you really put your heart and soul into something, the temptation is to try to be in control of circumstances, however you can, and looking and seeing how people are responding. But I realized, early on, that that was just not going to be a healthy thing for me to do.

Matt Bomer

HeartSoulPeopleMeControlYou

Whether it was his ability to turn around the Massachusetts economy or turn around businesses in the private sector, Mitt Romney has demonstrated the leadership that we need in the White House to get the country on the right track.

Lisa Murkowski

LeadershipHouseWhiteCountryNeed

When I testified before Congress after the Hudson River landing, Congressman James Oberstar of Minnesota said, 'Safety begins in the boardroom.' That's as true in medicine as it is in aviation. It always boils down to leadership.

Chesley Sullenberger

LeadershipRiverSafetyMedicine

Just so you know, I'm a really boring interview. I hate doing them.

Chris O'Donnell

HateDoingYouKnowBoringJust

When I came back to Hong Kong in 1992, I decided to pursue a new career challenge.

Pollyanna Chu

ChallengeBackCareerNewHong Kong

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