Rebecca Solnit Quotes

The oil dinosaurs want to win so badly in my home state because what happens here matters everywhere. The nation often follows where California goes.

Rebecca Solnit

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 24, 1961

Topics

HomeWinWantOilCaliforniaNation

When people are divided, the only solution is agreement.

John Hume

PeopleSolutionDividedAgreement

If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act.

Robert Jackson

PoliticsReligionOpinionNationalism

With my luck, if I ever invested in General Motors, they'd bust it to Corporal!

Robert Orben

LuckGeneralCorporalGeneral Motors

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers.

Jean Paul

CharacterManNeverClearlyOwnHe

If I do want to wear a little bit of makeup, I really like a pink lip. There's one called Lip Mist in Pink Heather from Burberry that I love.

Suki Waterhouse

LoveMakeupPinkWantMistLittle

I don't really like listening to the radio so much.

Tom Waits

ListeningRadioLikeMuchReally

I'm very privileged to be the celebrity I am.

Michael Moriarty

I AmCelebrityVeryPrivilegedAm

My game plan - doesn't matter who I play - is to play on my terms, to control as much as I can, to try to get control of the centre of the court, to try to dictate and make them move, to be their director rather than letting them impose their game on me.

Milos Raonic

MeControlGamePlanI CanPlay

I think the durability of the sedan as well as its worldwide appeal argues well for it as a concept that resonates with people's ideas about how their lives are oriented. They understand the difference between an area for powertrain, an area for people, and an area for their stuff.

Chris Bangle

PeopleIdeasThinkUnderstandWell

Robert Redford was an absolute blast to work with - a very smart, very charismatic man.

Christopher McDonald

WorkManSmartVeryCharismatic

We imagine that some people will jump into the AR and VR space that are complementary. We look at Google Glass. It's very complementary. It's not competitive. It's a different experience. It's used for different purposes.

Brendan Iribe

ExperienceSpacePeopleLookJump

To say that Christ is the term and motive force of evolution, to say that he manifests himself as 'evolver,' is implicitly to recognize that he becomes attainable in and through the whole process of evolution.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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