Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes

There's a good deal in common between the mind's eye and the TV screen, and though the TV set has all too often been the boobtube, it could be, it can be, the box of dreams.

Ursula K. Le Guin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodDreamsMindEyeBoxScreen

I really like when different stories are represented, it's not just the same kind of person, and when there's humor in it, and there's relationships.

Jessica Williams

HumorPersonKindRelationshipsSame

Chicago fans cheer and boo who they want. They're great fans whether they like me or not. They show you how they feel. I don't like crowds that sit on their hands.

John Cena

GreatMeFeelHandsYouWant

The history of the white man in India really jumped up and bit me in the neck.

Roland Joffe

HistoryManMeWhiteIndiaUp

Being a salesperson prepares you for just about everything in business: how to listen, empathize, and persuade; when to back off and when to step in; and, of course, how to close.

Jason Fried

BusinessStepYouBackListenOff

That's what I do and I enjoy even the hateful moments of a relationship where two people or four people come together to make a bigger mess than originally intended.

Josh Silver

RelationshipTogetherPeopleMoments

I see in the rising crescendo of ethnic tensions, civilization clashes and the use of religious justification for acts of terror, a clear and present danger to humanity.

Jonathan Sacks

PresentHumanityCivilizationSee

For the first time in my career, I'm working in a fine-arts arena, so I'm finally getting some intelligent reviews.

Joni Mitchell

TimeCareerIntelligentFirst Time

The two records are very different. I guess, on the second record, that's more where I was at. Its not that I'm more well-adjusted or anything, it's just that what I wanted to sing about maybe was more the way I wanted to feel.

Jon Crosby

FeelWayMoreTwoAnythingSing

A long time ago, I thought, as a writer in the Caribbean, 'I don't ever want to have to write 'It was great in Paris.'' Because I don't think, proportionately speaking, that one's experience in a city as opposed to, say, a village in St. Lucia, is superior to the other.

Derek Walcott

GreatTimeExperienceCityThink

I want people to get from 'Pariah' that it's okay to be you and not to check a box as a parent or child.

Dee Rees

ChildPeopleParentYouWantOkay

To pigeonhole a genre as being successful or unsuccessful is weird.

Chester Bennington

WeirdSuccessfulBeingUnsuccessful

Our nation's vital infrastructure - such as power grids and transportation hubs - becomes more vulnerable when individual devices get hacked. Criminals and terrorists who want to infiltrate systems and disrupt sensitive networks may start their attacks through access to just one person's smartphone.

Craig Federighi

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