Carl Hiaasen Quotes

You can do the best research and be making the strongest intellectual argument, but if readers don't get past the third paragraph you've wasted your energy and valuable ink.

Carl Hiaasen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 12, 1953

Topics

BestPastResearchEnergyYouGet

When cellphones came out, my girlfriend refused to get one for five years, because she thought it would turn her into somebody who couldn't connect with other people - and, of course, she got a cellphone.

Jesse Eisenberg

PeopleThoughtSheGirlfriendTurn

Government technology processes are mind-boggling long and complicated. A procurement process alone is typically two years, and that doesn't account for the time required to actually build the product.

Jennifer Pahlka

TechnologyAloneTimeGovernmentTwo

I'm the same businessman Donald Trump is.

John Catsimatidis

Donald TrumpSameBusinessmanTrump

I don't know, I love it when I see movies with people who are not super familiar to me or people who I've seen in smaller parts who are suddenly getting a chance to do something bigger. For me that's very exciting.

Melanie Lynskey

LovePeopleMeChanceKnowMovies

My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did we support ourselves, the only funding that we had was unemployment payments.

John Hume

FatherChildrenSupportYouPoor

Some people say, 'Maude Apatow is my spirit animal.' I get that a lot. They tweet it to me.

Maude Apatow

AnimalPeopleMeSaySome People

George III's ability to step in and out of his role fed stories of commoners chancing upon a sturdy gentleman by the wayside who later turned out to be the king.

Amanda Foreman

StepKingGentlemanAbilityOutWho

Madrid are a great club and were the challenge I sought after my long and successful Bayern career.

Toni Kroos

GreatChallengeLongCareerClub

I have some help on tweeting.

Ron Paul

HelpTweetingSome

It was really, really heartbreaking to not be named to the team in Sochi, but some things are just not meant to be. That experience changed me as a skater. I took a step back and decided that some things are not worth accepting. I wanted to be on another Olympic team. I took time to evolve myself as a person and as a skater.

Mirai Nagasu

TimeMyselfExperienceStepMeTeam

When he realized who he'd pulled over, the policeman shook his head in disbelief. He told me of all people I should know better. He gave me a real dressing down, but let me go.

Dennis Franz

PeopleMeBetterDownGoKnow

The worst thing you can have as an actor is too big an ego. It just kills creativity.

Ari Graynor

CreativityEgoYouActorWorstBig

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