Dave Eggers Quotes

It's not that our family has no taste, it's just that our family's taste is inconsistent.

Dave Eggers

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 12, 1970

Topics

FamilyTasteJustOurInconsistent

It's a lot more fun for actors to cry and rant and rave, or have a drug problem or a drinking problem.

Jerry Orbach

FunProblemCryMoreRantRave

To sing opera, one needs two things: the voice and the passion - and above all, the passion.

Andrea Bocelli

PassionVoiceTwoOperaThingsSing

I know most people always thank people for believing in them - I actually want to thank people that didn't believe in me.

Tori Spelling

PeopleMeBelieveKnowBelieving

One Christmas, when Freddie and I were flatmates in Kensington, we were trying to cook Christmas dinner, but all we had was a packet of bread sauce that you make with water. We used to dream of a can of beans.

Roger Taylor

WaterDinnerTryingYouDreamBread

If a mother is sitting in a chair at the office, someone needs to be at home with her child. In some cases, that is a father. Much of the time, the material manifestation of the conflict is a nanny.

Mona Simpson

FatherMotherHomeTimeChildChair

I am a fan of sequels even though they are inevitably awful.

Joss Whedon

I AmAwfulFanEvenThoughSequels

I was around in 1970, and now I am around in 2015 ... there is no poetry and very little romance in anything anymore, so it is really like the last phase of 'American Pie.'

Don McLean

I AmPoetryAmericanPieNowLittle

Our engineering departments build freeways which destroy a city or a landscape, in the process.

Arthur Erickson

CityEngineeringProcessLandscape

I'm just a regular 24/7 dad now.

Allen Iverson

NowJustRegularDad

Salsa, classic rock, soul music, jazz... all of that was a part of my education in making hip-hop music.

Aloe Blacc

EducationMusicSoulJazzRock

We have, of course, long since ceased to think of Nature as the sympathetic mirror of our moods, or to imagine that she has any concern with the temporal affairs of man.

Richard Le Gallienne

NatureMirrorManThinkLongShe

Shellfish is better to buy live. In the U.S., because we eat oysters and clams raw, it is very important that they are alive before we prepare them. It's important to look for a closed shell. If a clam is alive, the shell will be closed. Never buy clams if the shell is open.

Nobu Matsuhisa

LiveBetterLookAliveImportant

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