Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes

I'm particularly interested in black swan events: unprecedented surprises that destroy the conventional wisdom about how the world works.

Paolo Bacigalupi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 6, 1972

Topics

WisdomWorldBlackEventsSurprises

Madonna is the ultimate pop star of all time, hands down. She wrote the playbook for it. There is no female pop star - and probably few men today, for that matter - who are not indebted to her in one way or another for her contributions to the industry.

Jeremy Scott

TodayTimeMenHandsDownWay

Pops always taught us that family is the strongest unit in the world. If you stick with your family, nobody can break you, nobody can harm you. You'll always have your family.

Mavis Staples

FamilyWorldYouNobodyAlwaysUs

It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store.

Andy Goldsworthy

WorkSnowJourneyQualityColdWet

A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.

Ambrose Bierce

OthersEverythingWhoAffairsTotal

The most likely victim of actual religious discrimination in British society is a Muslim, but the person who is most likely to feel slighted because of their religion is an evangelical Christian.

Trevor Phillips

ReligionSocietyFeelChristian

This life is a gift, and to reject that gift or abuse that gift is not human and not worthy of us.

Michael Moore

LifeGiftLife Is AHumanWorthyUs

I've met some of the most beautiful women in the world, and I can tell you lots of them are the most unattractive people I've ever met.

Douglas Booth

WomenBeautifulPeopleWorldYou

An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.

Bruno Dumont

ControlActorInstrumentNeedsThem

I realized just how much exercise and eating right make a difference in how you feel now and when you get older.

Ashley Tisdale

EatingMake A DifferenceExerciseYou

I'm cleaning toilets for $30 a day, because I needed that $30, and people are pointing at me, saying, Look at the big movie star. Look where he is now. I just said, I'm where God put me.

Willie Aames

GodDayPeopleMeSayingLook

I'm not against extracting a modest amount of wildlife out of the ocean for human consumption, but I am really concerned about the large-scale industrial fishing that engages in destructive practices like trawling and longlining.

Sylvia Earle

OceanFishingI AmWildlifeHuman

There may be a lot of people out there who don't like me who don't even know me. But there are quite a few people who like me because they know me. I'm not a bad guy by any means. I can't do anything about people hating me for no reason.

Richard Sherman

PeopleMeBadKnowReasonAnything

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