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Nicholas Kristof Quotes

The best escalator to opportunity in America is education.

Nicholas Kristof

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 27, 1959

Topics

Education Opportunity Best America

Silence is best.

God gave us the earth. We have dominion over the plants, the animals, the trees.

God Plants Trees Earth Animals Over

I've often said that the ISIS-Syria-Iraq mess is about as bad as it could be.

Bad Said Mess About Often Could

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become.

Man Become Equal Origin Destined He

I started doing independent films. My first one was 'Miss Bala,' which was very well-received at film festivals.

Stephanie Sigman

Festivals Doing Independent First

Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be proved a deceiver.

Gratitude Dead Quick Off How Owed

My prayer is to learn new things, imbibe fresh insights. You must not take life too seriously. You must enjoy the process of living.

Life Prayer New Things Learn Enjoy

I've been lucky that even when I was younger, just because of my look or whatever, I was afforded the opportunity or called on to try. 'Can you do this Hispanic character?' 'Can you do this Italian character?' 'Can you do this Jewish-American character?' I just had to develop a facility for their accents.

Character Opportunity You Look Lucky

Reading is a bridge to thought.

Bridge Reading Thought

I only do what comes from the heart.

One day, we had a layoff at my job. And I went to my boss, and I said, 'Please save someone else's job. This is a win-win situation for the company and me - and just lay me off.' I did that in around 2003, and I never looked back. I became a full-time comic.

Day Job Boss Me Someone Back

Teens are always shown as one dimensional. They're stereotyped. When I was in high school, I cared about more than getting a date or making the team.

School Team High School More High

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