Sally Rooney Quotes

A lot of the time, I read something I've written, and I think, 'Well, that's competent. It's not exactly breaking any boundaries. It's not exactly transgressive. It's just a bunch of fake people in a room talking to each other. But maybe there's a value to that.'

Sally Rooney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: 1991

Topics

TimeValuePeopleThinkFakeRoom

In the last recession, 99 percent of us have lost wealth, but did you know that the top 1 percent increased their wealth five times? It tells you they create recessions so they get wealthier.

Jesse Ventura

YouWealthCreateLostKnowTop

Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.

Johan Cruyff

ImportantStreetMoreThanCoaches

I am drawn to Christ but I have real problems with the Catholic Church.

Andres Serrano

I AmProblemsChurchRealChristAm

Just because I am paying attention to politics and culture doesn't mean that I should be talking about the health-care bill, talking about the minutiae.

Andrew Breitbart

CulturePoliticsI AmTalkingMean

No matter how American I become, I'm considered part of the Chinese community by my own family.

Anchee Min

FamilyCommunityAmericanBecomeOwn

Tiger Woods did not always win majors with ease; after his narrow victory in the 1999 PGA, he slumped and sighed as if he'd been carrying rocks uphill all afternoon.

John Updike

WinVictoryWoodsTigerRocksBeen

What does the future look like if the heads of society ask our young people to risk their lives for questionable causes? I think it looks rather bleak.

Tracy Chapman

FuturePeopleSocietyThinkLook

Given the choice between someone saying I was handsome in a role or ugly but good, I know which I'd choose.

Rufus Sewell

GoodUglySayingHandsomeChoose

When my family was living in Tokyo, there was a year when we couldn't go back to the States for Thanksgiving, and we went to Seoul. Mandu is a highly satisfying substitute for turkey and trimmings.

Min Jin Lee

FamilyYearBackGoLivingTokyo

It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.

Democritus

BetterOthersOwnDestroyErrors

I like being in charge of the remote control.

Cilla Black

ControlBeingChargeLikeRemote

If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it.

William Penn

WeaknessConquerNeverMustThou

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