Daniel Okrent Quotes

I think on civilian casualties they could do more. It's actually something I've discussed with the editors involved. They're aware of it, and I'm hopeful that there will be more reporting on that.

Daniel Okrent

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: editor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 2, 1948

Topics

ThinkWillMoreSomethingAware

Let planning be the springboard, so that spirituality can be our splash.

Robin S. Sharma

PlanningSplashOurSpirituality

Writing is a passion I have never understood, yet a storyteller is all I have ever wanted to be.

Ruth Park

PassionWritingNeverUnderstood

I'm thinking of sending out censorship packets: information to share with those who want to defend my books when they come under fire. I'll tell why I wrote them and include reviews and letters of support from children and their parents.

Judy Blume

ChildrenFireSupportParentsWant

I believe we should be good custodians of the Earth.

Jonathan Nolan

GoodBelieveEarthI BelieveShould

My desire was not to pass any island without taking possession, so that, one having been taken, the same may be said of all.

Christopher Columbus

DesireSaidIslandSameWithoutMay

A good comedy's very hard to make, so good comic writing I really enjoy.

Colm Meaney

GoodWritingComedyEnjoyHardMake

Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do.

Clara Barton

LifeSimpleAccomplishSimple Life

Good action films - not crap, but good action films - are really morality plays. They deal in modern, mythic culture.

Sylvester Stallone

GoodCultureActionMoralityModern

I was planning on going to Yale to theater school.

Shia LaBeouf

SchoolPlanningGoingYaleTheater

The majority of my UFO diet consists of reports describing suspected encounters. This is not surprising, as there are thousands of sightings annually. The emailer has seen something unusual in the sky that he interprets as probable evidence of alien presence.

Seth Shostak

SkyDietAlienEvidencePresence

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

Thomas Hobbes

ManWarEveryoneAgainstCondition

You don't teach information in a writing workshop.

Tobias Wolff

WritingYouInformationTeach

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