Dan Chaon Quotes

I've had a lot of different lives. I was adopted, I grew up in Nebraska, and then I went to Northwestern... Then I had this really extraordinary, different life than my parents.

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• I'm not an A student; I'm not even a B student, but I've gotten a lot better with the reading because of texts. And I can voice-text and say whatever I want to people.

  

  R. Kelly
  • People
  • Reading
  • Text

• During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.

  

  Questlove
  • Political
  • Me
  • Wise

• I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.

  

  J. A. Jance
  • Writing
  • Book
  • True

• In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.

  

  Fedor Emelianenko
  • Just
  • Other
  • Speculation

• Being popular comes when you have everything. But to be liked, it means that you must be treating people with respect and you must be showing kindness toward them.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • People
  • Respect
  • Popular

• My candidacy is one that fits the district and fits the Mick Mulvaney-Jim DeMint philosophy.

  

  Ralph Norman
  • Philosophy
  • District
  • Fits

• The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea.

  

  Navjot Singh Sidhu
  • Past
  • Like
  • Sea

• Software-industry battles are fought by highly paid and out-of-shape nerds furiously pounding computer keyboards while they guzzle diet Coke. The stakes aren't very dramatic. Life? Liberty? The pursuit of happiness? Nope, it's about stock options.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • Life
  • Happiness
  • Stock

• It should simply be an empirical matter whether the climate is changing or not and whether we're responsible. But the various sides of the debate have now become so tribal that it's no longer a matter of changing our views as more information comes in.

  

  Ian Mcewan
  • Matter
  • Information
  • Debate

• I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.

  

  R. L. Stine
  • Never
  • Story
  • Dreams

• Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.

  

  J. Robert Oppenheimer
  • Beautiful
  • Science
  • Very

• I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.

  

  Rachael Taylor
  • Time
  • Things
  • Collector

• If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.

  

  Ted Turner
  • Perfect
  • Humility
  • Only

• Who am I, if I'm not this singer with big high notes? I identify with my voice. But I'm more than just the acrobatics.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • High
  • Voice
  • Notes

• When I did 'Alien: Resurrection', a lot of the guys worked on planned production, and one of them was really into comic books and would draw all sorts of characters, and I was impressed with his sketches.

  

  Gary Dourdan
  • Books
  • Alien
  • Resurrection

• The truth, it is said, is rarely pure or simple, yet genetics can at times seem seductively transparent.

  

  Iain McGilchrist
  • Truth
  • Simple
  • Said

• 'YouKu' means what's best and what's cool in Chinese. So, the whole product philosophy really revolves around how to help users, from a massive video database, finds what's best and what's cool.

  

  Victor Koo
  • Help
  • Best
  • Cool

• I believe in the 'Wal-Mart' school of business. The less people pay, the more they enjoy it.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • People
  • Believe
  • School

• Man, I'm a conspiracy theorist by nature. You can't experience the federal penal system and not be somewhat skeptical.

  

  T.I.
  • Experience
  • Nature
  • Man

• It's easy to show off if you are making plays all the time. But it's not me.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Time
  • Me
  • Easy

• When I have a little down time, I like to go to the gym and try to bank some hours there. I like to spend time with my dogs, go hiking, do a little traveling.

  

  Emmanuelle Vaugier
  • Time
  • Gym
  • Hiking

• I was fat, so I have the right to tell other fat people not only that they should lose weight, but also that they must lose weight because I was fat, and I lost weight, and I saw the difference.

  

  Jean Nidetch
  • People
  • Lost

• Every generation wants to be the last. Every generation hates the next trend in music they can't understand. We hate to give up the reins of our culture. To find our own music playing in elevators. The ballad for our revolution, turned into background music for a television commercial. To find our generation's clothes and hair suddenly retro.

  

  Chuck Palahniuk
  • Up
  • Music
  • Culture

• I've had a lot of different lives. I was adopted, I grew up in Nebraska, and then I went to Northwestern... Then I had this really extraordinary, different life than my parents.

  

  Dan Chaon
  • Life
  • Up
  • Different