Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes

If you see a whole thing - it seems that it's always beautiful. Planets, lives... But up close a world's all dirt and rocks. And day to day, life's a hard job, you get tired, you lose the pattern.

Ursula K. Le Guin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 21, 1929

Topics

LifeBeautifulDayJobTiredWorld

Men don't care what's on TV. They only care what else is on TV.

Jerry Seinfeld

MenCareOnlyTVElse

It seems like everybody's perception of me is very bipolar. To one group, it's overpaid, overrated; to another group, it's underpaid, underrated, underdog. It's funny to me because there's no real balance.

Jeremy Lin

FunnyBalanceMePerceptionUnderdog

That's a great feeling to know that I'm going into a project that I have no idea what will become of that movie, but I really trust Ang Lee. And I really trusted Ron. It's just really nice to work with people that you feel that way about.

Jennifer Connelly

WorkGreatTrustPeopleFeelYou

When the going gets tough, I'm not always sure what you do. I'm not saying that I know how to fix everything when the going gets tough, but I do know this: when the going goes tough, you don't quit. And you don't fold up. And you don't go in the other direction.

John Madden

SayingToughDirectionYouGoKnow

I've never cheated on my wife, ever. But to say that it doesn't exist or it doesn't happen and saying you never deal with it would be lying.

Andy Grammer

WifeSayingYouSayLyingNever

Equally, though, there are guys who play England Under 19 who don't even play First Class cricket. It is a watershed in the careers in many ways.

Andy Pick

CricketPlayClassFirstFirst Class

I hope people don't compare 2D and 3D because 3D's new, it's unfair to compare to 2D which is really sophisticated, even when we're jaded about it. 3D just began, give it a chance, let the equipment and projection system catch up and be better, let the price go down, let more filmmakers get a hold of it more easily.

Ang Lee

HopePeopleChanceBetterDownNew

Many young and beginning farmers start out in local markets. Some stay there, and some scale up.

Tom Vilsack

BeginningStartYoungFarmersOut

People see you onstage and the glamorous side, but they don't see you traveling 600 miles a night, eating truck stop food and spending by yourself staring at walls.

Jason Aldean

FoodWallsYourselfPeopleTruck

I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which is a funny compliment to receive.

Joseph Epstein

FunnyLookDistanceKnowCompliment

They'll invite you to all the parties, but that doesn't mean you have to go all the time.

Johnny Olson

TimeYouGoMeanInviteParties

A lot of show business, as you know, is about all the contacts you make and who you know.

Denise Crosby

BusinessYouKnowShow BusinessShow

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