Samuel R. Delany Quotes

Science fiction isn't just thinking about the world out there. It's also thinking about how that world might be - a particularly important exercise for those who are oppressed, because if they're going to change the world we live in, they - and all of us - have to be able to think about a world that works differently.

Samuel R. Delany

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 1, 1942

Topics

ChangeLiveScienceChange The World

I've achieved 'the American dream.' I feel it's my duty to help others achieve their vision, too - especially the youth.

Joe Frazier

VisionAmerican DreamHelp Others

I think if you look at the commonalities between eBay, PayPal and OpenTable, all three are businesses that built a network in a vertical. Network effect businesses are very attractive businesses.

Jeff Jordan

ThinkYouLookThreeAttractive

Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father during all those many days, and weeks and months when I didn't see my own father.

Stephen Sondheim

FatherMy OwnSeeDaysOwnMany

Every now and then, I am reminded it's not always about politics. It's about people.

Tomi Lahren

PoliticsI AmPeopleNowAlwaysAm

Any excuse to live in New York and do art. Has to be one of the most rewarding experiences in the world.

Tommy Chong

LiveArtNew YorkWorldNewMost

For six years, I was really on my own and did not have a coach.

Martina Navratilova

My OwnCoachYearsOwnSixDid

And, in fact, you can find that the lack of basic resources, material resources, contributes to unhappiness, but the increase in material resources do not increase happiness.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

HappinessYouFindResourcesBasic

When I put some Tabasco on things, and there's really nothing in Tabasco, it's not bad for you in any way, so that's kind of become my substitute. Now you got to get used to a hot mouth, but that's okay.

Mike Ditka

YouMouthBadKindNothingBecome

Especially when I'm heckled, that's a sticky situation because I don't defuse it... I really envy guys who have a grittier onstage presence and can really go after someone. I used to teach preschool.

Josh Gondelman

SomeoneEnvySituationGoTeachWho

It occured to me that eating is the only form of professionalism most people ever attain.

Don DeLillo

PeopleMeEatingProfessionalism

On 'Mystic River,' I had to cut my salary and everyone else's to get it made.

Clint Eastwood

RiverSalaryEveryoneCutGetMade

Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don't apply to you.

Chuck Close

YouNeverCapableDefineApply

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