Daniel Mallory Ortberg Quotes

I love 'Jane Eyre,' and I love the Bronte sisters. I actually didn't read any of them until I was in college, so I don't have quite the same connection with them that I think a lot of women do.

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 28, 1986

Topics

LoveWomenCollegeThinkConnection

In school, you get a limited view of the world. Start working. Find your passion. Take your time doing that. Once you've found what you're passionate about, then lock down. Even if you want to start a business, it's helpful to work, see how other businesses are run.

Joe Mansueto

WorkBusinessPassionTimeSchool

When I was young, and I wouldn't eat, my parents would say, 'Eat, or else you're going to become a little Biafran.'

Joanne Liu

ParentsYouYoungSayBecomeEat

I can't get the serious roles. People don't see me that way.

Jennifer Coolidge

PeopleMeSeriousWaySeeGet

Whenever there's a bad law, it can be repealed or nullified.

John Fleming

LawBadWhenever

No wishes are silly, no dreams remain dreams, for those committed to clear and definitive goals.

Maximillian Degenerez

GoalsDreamsSillyWishesClear

In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk.

Rita Rudner

SuccessMarriageHollywoodMilk

Many feel discouraged because they have not measured up to their potential.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

PotentialFeelUpDiscouragedMany

Do freshman philosophy classes nowadays debate updated versions of the age-old questions? Like, how could a merciful God allow AIDS, childhood cancers, tsunamis and Dick Cheney?

Dick Cavett

GodChildhoodQuestionsPhilosophy

One of the first things that helped me to understand certain things about writing was seeing 'The Iceman Cometh' in the Village when I was a kid, before I ever became a newspaperman, and realizing that the world I knew could also be the subject of some amazing stuff.

Pete Hamill

AmazingMeWritingWorldSeeingKid

What really happened was one day I decided to write a new kind of play.

Richard Foreman

DayPlayNewKindOne DayWrite

I first watched 'Adhe Adhure' in college. I loved it, and it stayed with me ever since. I decided that I would some day direct this play - not in English, but in Hindi.

Lillete Dubey

DayCollegeMeLovedPlayFirst

I don't think I've got bad taste. I've got no taste.

Graham Norton

ThinkBadTasteGotBad Taste

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