Geoff Dyer Quotes

Now, instead of loading up your jalopy and heading for California, you take a second, badly paid job; 'The Grapes of Wrath' has turned into 'Nickel and Dimed.'

Geoff Dyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

JobYouNowCaliforniaUpGrapes

I'm a workaholic. I would not pretend to be anything else. I rarely go to bed before one o'clock in the morning. I might kind of have a spa between half-past twelve and one and relax, and that's when I do my thinking, or my non-thinking. That's when I have a bit of space for myself.

Joan Kirner

MorningMyselfSpaceRelaxThinking

We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder.

Jim DeMint

SupportLongNowWillClearMust

When my dad first started out in the police force, wearing the uniform was a sense of pride, and it was respected in the community for what the police force was all about. Unfortunately today, the uniform is a target.

Jerry Doyle

TodayCommunityPolicePrideUniform

There's nothing undignified about lying about all day and being waited on by servants, sipping bloody champagne.

Jeffrey Bernard

DayLyingNothingChampagneBeing

Don't pretend to know everything. I've been blessed to work with a lot of veteran actors, and I soak up lessons from them like a sponge.

Michael B. Jordan

WorkBlessedKnowEverythingPretend

She didn't leave any written instructions. She has verbally expressed her wishes to me and other people.

Michael Schiavo

PeopleMeWishesSheLeaveHer

The truth in acting is that we are all hired help. We are a commodity. There is no difference between being an actor and pork bellies.

Lorraine Bracco

TruthHelpActingActorDifference

I loved the feeling I got when I sang. I loved the feeling that it gave to people when I sang.

Jazmine Sullivan

PeopleLovedFeelingGotGaveSang

Let's try winning and see what it feels like. If we don't like it, we can go back to our traditions.

Paul Tsongas

WinningBackGoTrySeeTraditions

There is no point in being lazy.

Shaun Evans

LazyPointBeingNo PointBeing Lazy

When I'm dead twenty-five years, people are going to begin to recognize me.

Scott Joplin

PeopleMeDeadYearsBeginGoing

These are the times that try men's souls.

Thomas Paine

MenTrySoulsTimes

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