Orson Scott Card Quotes

The education that prepared me was my general education classes, which I tried to avoid when I was a stupid undergraduate, but which gave me the foundation of general knowledge that makes a career as a writer possible.

Orson Scott Card

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 24, 1951

Topics

EducationKnowledgeMeStupidCareer

Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do the best that you can. Always stay near me, for tomorrow I will have much to do and more than I ever had, and tomorrow blood will leave my body above the breast.

Joan of Arc

MorningTodayHistoryBestTomorrow

Everyone has an opinion of who you are and what your relationship is about, things that you've done or didn't do in your relationship - and it's just all crap, really. Things that are written about it are all crap.

Jessica Alba

RelationshipOpinionYouDoneThings

The world is using up its natural resources at an alarming rate, and this has caused a permanent shift in their value. We all need to adjust our behavior to this new environment. It would help if we did it quickly.

Jeremy Grantham

ValueWorldBehaviorHelpNewNeed

You accept failure as a possible outcome of some of the experiments. If you don't get failures, you're not pushing hard enough on the objectives.

John Poindexter

FailureEnoughYouAcceptPossible

The job numbers are positive. We've had more jobs created now than were lost during the recession. We're seeing that the creation, we're seeing those numbers not only grow but shift toward the private sector and shift toward full-time employment and these are all signs that the recovery is taking some hold but we're not out of woods.

Stephen Harper

PositiveJobWoodsGrowSeeingLost

I think I'm extremely vulnerable and that in some ways I seek out rejection. Never feeling like you're getting that pat on the back from dad is probably at the heart of that.

Skeet Ulrich

HeartThinkRejectionYouBackOut

I can drink on the job if I want to. I can go on stage with a beer and it's OK. I can say whatever I want. It's a great job to have.

Rodney Carrington

GreatJobBeerI CanGoWant

If you're holding your iPhone, and it's the newest iteration of it, you're like, 'Oh, famous people have my phone. Captains of industry have my phone.' And that can be an intoxicating experience for someone who is going off to college for the first time.

Mary H.K. Choi

TimeExperiencePeopleCollegeYou

I'm very good at setting goals and deadlines for myself, so I don't really need that from outside.

Judy Blume

GoodGoalsMyselfOutsideNeedVery

In the issue war in Iraq, it was very clear to me that the policies that were being espoused by neoconservatives were totally devoid of substance - but they marketed it wonderfully.

Joseph C. Wilson

WarMeBeingClearSubstanceVery

My inspirations come from everywhere. It's important to look at everything and anything. I think what I create is serious fashion, but I don't want to keep my focus on that. You have to look at a lot of different things. I mean, people are always surprised when they find out that my favorite show is 'RuPaul's Drag Race.'

Jason Wu

FocusPeopleFashionThinkYouLook

I am more than an immigration activist.

Jose Antonio Vargas

I AmImmigrationMoreThanActivist

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