Octavia E. Butler Quotes

I don't know how much of a market there is for space opera. Just because it's in the movies doesn't mean magazines are buying it.

Octavia E. Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SpaceJust BecauseKnowMoviesMean

If you do something, you should do it because you love it, and you should follow your heart and make it how your heart wants it to be made. But it's a difficult world, especially for musicians.

Jim James

LoveHeartWorldMusiciansYou

I remember a couple of instrumental albums, just don't ask the names.

Jim Sullivan

RememberAskNamesJustInstrumental

If there's a silver bullet in the battle to recapture Albany, it is the re-engagement of our citizens. This capital has become a physical metaphor for the isolation and alienation of our people.

Andrew Cuomo

PeopleIsolationBattleSilver

We must return conservatives to the majority in the U.S. Senate.

Jeb Bush

ReturnMustMajoritySenate

When I started to mention to people who know about such things, 'I'm doing this game, 'Portal 2', they got very excited, suddenly. More excited than anything I've ever done before, weirdly. Gamers are incredibly enthusiastic about the stuff they love.

Stephen Merchant

LovePeopleGameDoingKnowDone

In order for me to be hurt by you, I have to respect you. I don't respect these hateful Internet trolls who have nothing better to do than attack my looks or the way I speak.

Tomi Lahren

RespectMeSpeakHurtBetterYou

The instruments, glassware, and chemical reagents necessary for my project were the same as my 19th-century predecessors had.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

ProjectSameNecessaryChemicalWere

Spacewalking is a little like rock climbing in that everything, including and especially oneself, must be tethered or docked at all times. If you forget to tether a tool, it's gone. Ditto yourself.

Mary Roach

YourselfYouForgetRockEverything

Governing means governing all of the people, no matter what demographic it is, whether it'd be black, white, women, straight, gay, Republican.

Don Lemon

WomenPeopleBlackGayWhiteMatter

It's very hard to be cut off in Glasgow because it's such a small city. You know, we have the highest rate of per-capita imprisonment, certainly in Britain, maybe in Europe. We have a very high murder rate here. So most people will know someone who's been to prison.

Denise Mina

PeopleCitySmallPrisonSomeone

Man is a universe within himself.

Bob Marley

ManUniverseWithinHimself

I always felt like reality was a bizarre place, and everybody was really good at being normal, and I didn't know how to do it.

Brie Larson

GoodRealityPlaceKnowAlwaysLike

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