Katherine Dunn Quotes

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the politics of publishing, although there are interpersonal politics, of course.

Katherine Dunn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 24, 1945 - May 11, 2016

Topics

PowerPoliticsEnoughInterpersonal

I don't know why people think I'm polished - I often leave the house with buttons missing and ladders in my tights.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

PeopleThinkHouseKnowWhyLeave

The CBO does a great job on budget; they do a relatively poor job of what the coverage consequences of a healthcare plan are. Their ability - anybody's ability - to predict what human behavior is going to be, without looking at the entire construct, is difficult.

Tom Price

GreatJobLookingBehaviorPlan

If you are in a band like my brother, Rudolf, who is in the Scorpions, then you have a kind of umbrella and you cover each other. You have five people to discuss things with and you are all in the same boat, and therefore make much wiser choices.

Michael Schenker

BrotherPeopleChoicesBoatYou

If you make a record, you should ask yourself, 'Did it make someone cry, in a good way, not a bad way?' There should almost be subjective emotional criteria for evaluating work, instead of just profitability.

Moby

WorkGoodYourselfSomeoneYouBad

I'm the treasurer of the state of Ohio, where, when the United States credit rating was downgraded for the first time in American history, and 14 government funds around the country were downgraded, we earned the highest rating we could earn on our $4 billion investment fund.

Josh Mandel

HistoryTimeGovernmentAmerican

Transformational leaders are important because they make choices that most other leaders would not.

Joseph Nye

ChoicesImportantBecauseWouldMost

Reinventing the wheel is sometimes the right thing, when the result is the radial tire.

Jonathan Gilbert

ResultSometimesWheelRightTire

I don't want to tell Gov. Brewer what to do; she can do what's best for her state.

Rick Scott

BestWantSheTellHerState

Everything government touches turns to crap.

Ringo Starr

GovernmentEverythingCrapTurns

Fights are nice because I can hang with my girlfriend and not leave the house. Shows are nice because that's how I can afford $65 pay-per-view fights and to go to Vegas and see them live.

Mark Kozelek

LiveVegasHouseI CanGoNice

What is so terrible about transaction costs? On what basis are they considered the ultimate evil, so that their minimization must override all other considerations of choice, freedom, and justice?

Murray Rothbard

FreedomJusticeEvilChoiceTerrible

My father was a screenwriter, and I kind of grew up in that world. I always had a mind for characters and dialogue, and my head was filled with that stuff, so it seemed like a good place to start.

Maria Semple

GoodFatherMindWorldStartPlace

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