Teju Cole Quotes

Always say 'no pun intended' to draw attention to the intended pun.

Teju Cole

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: nigerian
  • Birth: June 27, 1975

Topics

AttentionSayAlwaysPunIntended

There was a time when I read a script and I just got excited about the possibilities.

Joaquin Phoenix

TimePossibilitiesExcitedGotJust

When I walk into a video arcade filled with 16- or 17-year-old boys, I may as well be Marilyn Monroe.

Jennifer Coolidge

WalkArcadeMayWellVideoMonroe

I hate to talk about myself like that, but if I had to straight up tell a head coach or an owner why they should take me, it's because I'm the best in everything I've done.

Robert Griffin III

MyselfBestHateMeDoneWhy

Well, I've been painting for years. I just started doing a lot more in the last couple.

Robyn Hitchcock

PaintingDoingMoreYearsStarted

Nina Gold is a fantastic casting director. She's doing the new 'Star Wars' movies, but she also does 'Game of Thrones' and many of the Working Title movies, and she did 'Rush.'

Ron Howard

GoldGameDoingNewMoviesShe

When I was a kid in Nebraska, a cantankerous farmer, known for plinking with his '22 at passing cars in which he perceived enemies, ingeniously rigged up a shotgun in his house, trained on the inside of his front door so as to widely distribute any intruder.

Dick Cavett

DoorFarmerHouseInsideKidUp

I look at myself at 19 and think I would never do what I did then now! I was so brazen, so confident, so fearless in a way. And remember, the world was a very aggressive place then.

Boy George

MyselfFearlessWorldThinkLook

I've always wanted to live in the '60s and '70s and wear wide pants, knee high boots, and oversized denim jackets.

Astrid S

LiveBootsPantsAlwaysHighWear

American dog say, 'Woof, woof.' Korean dog say, 'Mung, mung.' Polish dog say, 'How, how.' So which dog barking is correct? That is human beings' barking, not 'dog' barking. If dog and you become one hundred percent one, then you know sound of barking. This is Zen teaching. Boom! Become one.

Seung Sahn

DogAmericanYouKnowSayBecome

It's time to put our differences aside and find ways to work together to move Wisconsin forward.

Scott Walker

WorkTimeTogetherForwardFindOur

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.

Thomas Sowell

TruthTwoCompleteOnlyTelling

I remember I had a professor in college. I wrote a great paper. Could never please this guy. But it made me better.

Rick Santelli

GreatCollegeMeBetterRemember

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