Octavia E. Butler Quotes

Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to research and learn, helps me to understand people and grow.

Octavia E. Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

AttitudePeopleMeResearchStory

Nobody's more mindful of the sacrifices of our troops than those of us that command them.

John Abizaid

NobodyMoreUsMindfulThanOur

Acting was always something deep down I knew I wanted to do. It wasn't, like, a normal profession to want to pursue, and I knew that.

John DeLuca

DeepActingDownWantAlwaysPursue

I'm the least spiritual person in the world. I can't even abide a smelly candle. I know it's meant to make me relax, and that immediately makes my hackles rise.

Jenny Eclair

SpiritualCandleMeRelaxWorld

I hate death; it takes people away from you. You're left feeling rudderless.

John Lydon

HateDeathPeopleYouFeelingLeft

I think at least my philosophy of leadership is you focus more on the areas you have to improve or the mistakes than you do on your successes. And that's just how I am in real life. I don't want to let down my customers, my employees, my shareholders.

John T. Chambers

LifeLeadershipFocusMistakesI Am

In the future, when I come home, most of the things that I need to worry about are solved so I can spend time with my family.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

FamilyHomeFutureTimeWorryI Can

If Roosevelt didn't have World War II, he never would have had a third term.

Robert Dallek

WarWorldNeverWorld War IIWould

Even when I was young, I had a reputation for it. I would play with my friends outside, and I was doing all the things you see now a long time ago. I've always done the flip-flap, even when I was young. Stepovers, dummies - I love to dribble. If you speak with my friends, they will say I'm the same Riyad.

Riyad Mahrez

LoveTimeReputationSpeakDoing

Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.

Mick Jagger

HopeAnarchyOnlySlight

Anyone who's been reading my stuff can see that there's a lot of tracks being laid for future stories.

Jason Aaron

FutureReadingSeeBeingBeenStuff

When I got out of high school, I wanted to be an actor but was getting a lot of rejections. I was getting rejected by life. My mother, God rest her soul, told me not to quit.

Don Rickles

LifeMotherGodSoulSchoolMe

Basically he never went to work and didn't have a job. Of course I thought he did. I thought he was on the phone doing business deals instead of borrowing money from people.

Christie Brinkley

WorkBusinessMoneyJobPeople

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