Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes

I think that, when I think about the future that 'The Water Knife' represents, it's one where there's a lack of oversight, planning and organization.

Paolo Bacigalupi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FutureWaterOrganizationThink

Most period drama is so earnest. A lot of it is about making yourself take seriously things you wouldn't normally.

Joe Thomas

YourselfYouDramaSeriouslyTake

I know my mother-in-law would drive two hours to go see a movie that I'm in.

Melanie Lynskey

DriveMother-In-LawGoKnowTwoSee

I cry a lot because I miss people.

Maurice Sendak

PeopleCryMissBecauseLot

If a tech journalist needs financial security before doing what their conscience dictates, I'm not sure they should be calling themselves journalists at all.

Michael Arrington

FinancialDoingSecurityConscience

Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service. The iMac is not just the color or translucence or the shape of the shell. The essence of the iMac is to be the finest possible consumer computer in which each element plays together.

Steve Jobs

ServiceTogetherSoulComputers

Some people are born good-looking. Some have the gift of gab. And some are lucky enough to be born smarter than the rest of us. Whether we like it or not, Mother Nature does not dole these characteristics out evenly.

Simon Sinek

NatureMotherPeopleRestGiftBorn

Surf music at the time that I did it wasn't mainstream, nor were the Cheech and Chong albums. The risk comes from having the ability to do something that hadn't been done before that I thought was either interesting as an art form or just should be done.

Lou Adler

MusicTimeArtThoughtInteresting

I don't want actors reasoning with me about 'motivation' and all that bull.

Jason Robards

MeMotivationWantBullReasoning

A guest star is a whole different responsibility. It's much different than being a regular. You come in and it's a lot of unfamiliar faces and you want to try to fit in as best you can, but also you want to stay there without making waves.

Donnie Wahlberg

ResponsibilityBestWavesYouWant

I think I had a more European outlook about the body and sex. The body is in no way dirty, and sex is something beautiful to give to and share with a lover. It has nothing to do with promiscuity, because I only believe in being in love with one man at a time.

Dorothy Stratten

LoveBeautifulTimeManBelieveSex

My experience over my five years at Wisconsin and my one year in the NFL was that there were times where I couldn't play the game safely. There are positive measures we can take... but on a lead play, on a power play, there's violence.

Chris Borland

PositivePowerExperienceGameYear

Clever gimmicks of mass distraction yield a cheap soulcraft of addicted and self-medicated narcissists.

Cornel West

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