Octavia E. Butler Quotes

People who think about time travel stories sometimes think that going back in time would be fun because you would have all the information you needed to be much more astute than the people there, when the truth is of course you wouldn't.

Octavia E. Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 22, 1947 - February 24, 2006

Topics

TruthTimeTravelFunPeopleThink

I'm an enormous fan of people who have had a lot of faith in themselves, and been on a tremendous journey.

Joanna Trollope

JourneyFaithPeopleBeenWhoFan

What I felt is the same kind of love I felt between Waylon and his audience. And that's what I miss.

Jessi Colter

LoveKindSameAudienceMissHis

Most cornmeal producers don't tell you when their cornmeal was milled, which makes it difficult to know how long the product has been sitting in the store before you bought it.

Jeremy Jackson

LongYouKnowSittingDifficult

When I started out in this business, dance was not at the height it is now. It was almost like, you're either a dancer or an actress.

Jenna Dewan

BusinessDanceYouNowHeightOut

When I die India will be found engraved on my heart.

Mary of Teck

HeartDieIndiaWillFoundEngraved

Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.

Mickey Spillane

BookEndMysteryNobodyPageFirst

Preseason football is hard to evaluate. It's never going to be clean for the quarterbacks. You have to overcome the ugly plays and be productive. It's a component of leadership that is necessary. The guys that make it in the league survive that.

Mike McCarthy

LeadershipFootballUglySurviveYou

Montevideo is a beautiful city with a very European style. It's a small city, but with a lot of cultural movement and a lot of personality. At the same time, it's a very chill city.

Juan Campodonico

BeautifulTimeStylePersonality

Our culture is obsessed with real events because we experience hardly any.

David Shields

CultureExperienceEventsRealOur

Family was real important in putting me on my path. I'm so blessed to come from a home with a mother and a father.

Chris Paul

FamilyFatherMotherHomePathMe

Sometimes the picture that emerges of the man seems no longer to agree with our conception of the musician. In reality, however, there is a glorious unity.

Alfred Einstein

ManUnityRealityPictureSometimes

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

William Hazlitt

GratitudeShamePublicNeither

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