Geoff Dyer Quotes

While writing, I'm always so happy in the middle of a book or finishing a book and really hate starting them, so I often think, 'I wish I had a really big book to write to which I could devote seven years of my life.'

Geoff Dyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 5, 1958

Topics

LifeHateHappyWritingBookThink

Protection of private property is a fundamental right protected in a strong democracy.

Jim Ryun

DemocracyStrongRightProperty

I always imagine the world and myself above it and how minute one negative person's voice is in comparison to the amount of people that are in the world.

Jessie J

MyselfPeopleWorldNegativeVoice

People just automatically say 'If this guy is George and Barbara Bush's son, we don't have any question about those personal qualities that we were fooled on by Clinton.'

Robert Teeter

SonPeopleSayPersonalQuestion

The bonds you make with those records when you're 14, 15 and 16, they'll never be broken, and nothing will ever be as strong as that.

Rivers Cuomo

BrokenStrongYouNothingNever

The scientists who attack mainstream religion, rather than striving for peaceful coexistence with it, damage science, and also weaken the fight against fundamentalism.

Martin Rees

ScienceReligionFightPeacefulWho

I think at any point, as an artist, whatever the medium - just having an audience means the world.

Miguel

WorldThinkArtistAudienceWhatever

There was no support system in Seattle for musicians.

Mike McCready

SupportMusiciansSeattleSystem

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

Lou Holtz

SaidDoneMoreThan

The broadest pattern of history - namely, the differences between human societies on different continents - seems to me to be attributable to differences among continental environments, and not to biological differences among peoples themselves.

Jared Diamond

HistoryMeDifferencesHumanSeems

I think that anybody who says 'This is the one way to go about being an actor' has probably not done a lot of professional work before.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

WorkThinkProfessionalGoDoneWay

Most coaches would consider leading a team to an Olympic gold medal a capper for a pretty good year. The same goes for winning an NCAA national championship. Or a FIBA world championship. Mike Krzyzewski, head coach of the Duke Blue Devils and Team USA, led teams to each of these honors... within about 24 months.

Don Yaeger

GoodBlueTeamGoldWinningWorld

We should all miss bookstores. They let you discover things.

Christie Hefner

YouThingsMissDiscoverShould

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