Franklin Foer Quotes

What I worry about ultimately is that when we're stripped of our privacy, when we're stripped of free will, when we start to merge with machines in a more robust way, at some point, we'll cease to be identifiably human. And therefore, I think our humanity is, in some ways, the thing that's under existential threat.

Franklin Foer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 20, 1974

Topics

StartFreeThinkWorryHumanityWay

I felt very calm and controlled. That's what you've got to feel and do when it's time to win. It's easy to say, hard to do.

Jimmy Walker

TimeWinCalmFeelEasyYou

When I was eight, I went to the theatre, and I remember looking at the stage afterward and pointing and saying, 'I want to do that.' I don't think that's ever changed.

Joel Grey

TheatreLookingSayingThinkWant

I do think the BBC could do more, but I've always thought the BBC could do more - I think there should be more arts programmes full stop.

Melvyn Bragg

ThinkThoughtStopMoreAlwaysArts

Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.

John Keats

ExperienceNothingRealTillEver

Everybody interprets things differently with their own perception, and I want poetry to pull out of them their own feelings.

John Trudell

PoetryPerceptionFeelingsWantOut

In a small room one does not say what one would in a large room.

Louis Kahn

SmallSayRoomWouldLargeDoes

I chose poetry. Actually, poetry chose me.

Joy Harjo

PoetryMeActuallyChose

Love is the hardest habit to break, and the most difficult to satisfy.

Drew Barrymore

LoveHabitLove IsDifficultBreak

Many of our nation's great leaders began their careers at a service academy. I encourage anyone interested in a rewarding college experience or military career to apply as soon as possible.

Chris Cannon

GreatServiceExperienceCollege

When I'm in Los Angeles, sometimes I hesitate saying that I'm an actor because people are like, 'Of course you are.' And I'm like 'No,' not, 'Of course I am.' In L.A., being an actor is like a pastime: everybody there is like, 'I was on this reality show; I'm an actor.' It becomes a word that is loosely thrown around.

Condola Rashad

I AmPeopleSayingRealityYouShow

We work so hard on our craft, and once we get out of Duke Ellington, there are not going to be people looking for technique. I worry about that a lot.

Corey Hawkins

WorkPeopleLookingWorryCraftOut

While I wasn't very good at much else in school, in my creative-writing classes or when we had to do some writing in my English classes, I tended to do better at it.

Bruce Springsteen

GoodSchoolWritingBetterEnglish

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