George Saunders Quotes

I think in our time, you know, so much of the information we get is pre-polarized. Fiction has a way of reminding us that we actually are very similar in our emotions and our neurology and our desires and our fears, so I think it's a nice way to neutralize that polarization.

George Saunders

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeThinkYouInformationEmotions

I'm not deluded enough to think that everyone who knows my name is a listener. You know, I hope that part of that interest - part of that public interest - has to do with me still making records that people like.

John Mayer

HopePeopleMeThinkNameEnough

My only concern is playing. Everything else, my family looks after. In our house, everyone has a job, and my job in our house is to play football.

Ronaldinho

FamilyFootballJobHousePlayOnly

Ask an eight-year-old kid or see his face when he sees a car being blown up. They come to me, ask me what I am doing next. They loved 'Singham' because there were so many cars, and that's why there was no blood, because I knew they will come to watch my film.

Rohit Shetty

CarI AmMeFaceLovedDoing

An interim title is just a guarantee at a title shot. If I'm going to fight the best guys in the world, I want a guarantee that I'm going to fight for the title.

Luke Rockhold

BestFightWorldWantGoingJust

I go to the store. I go get my car fixed. I have friends. I have a life, but nobody needs to know about it. Because I'm just the same as anyone else.

Milo Ventimiglia

LifeCarFriendsNobodyGoKnow

Poker has such an element of competitivness that other games don't have.

Chris Moneymaker

GamesPokerElementOther

I don't think things are moving toward an omega point; I think they're moving toward more diversity.

Clifford Geertz

DiversityMovingThinkMorePoint

I like the light that comes off metal shutters at siesta time in the summer, having a break from driving in the shops at motorway services, the odour of petrol at petrol stations, rolling down little slopes. I hate it when you tread in a puddle and the water soaks your socks.

Audrey Tautou

TimeLightWaterHateDrivingYou

I've watched directors since my very first day of acting because I knew I wanted to direct.

Austin Nichols

DayActingFirstBecauseKnewVery

Occasionally, I'll wear glitter or blue eye shadow.

Petra Collins

ShadowBlueEyeGlitterWear

Similarly, another famous little quantum fluctuation that programs you is the exact configuration of your DNA.

Seth Lloyd

FamousYouDNALittleQuantumYour

If we want the banks to lend - and we all do - if we want the economy to expand - and we all do - do you really want to start confining the banks in their ability to make profits in order to generate more capital to lend out to the people?

Scott Garrett

PeopleStartYouWantMoreEconomy

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