Daniel Handler Quotes
As the official representative of Lemony Snicket in all legal, literary, and social matters, I am often asked difficult questions, even when I am in a hurry. Recently, the most common questions have been the following:
Quotes to Explore
-
The phrase 'mad as a hatter' was coined because hat makers were poisoned by the high levels of mercury used in felt processing; these workers developed a strange, uneven gait as well as strange alterations in their personalities - traits that resembled mental instability.
-
I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning.
-
Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?
-
As we all know... golf is a puzzle without an answer.
-
The biggest thrill in the world is entertaining the public, there is no bigger thrill than that.
-
My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
-
Greening the globalised manufacturing and sourcing will be the single biggest help multinationals could make to the tough pollution control in China and other developing countries.
-
When I think about filmmakers and actresses that I have admired my whole life, I've admired their entire body of work.
-
The organizers and perpetuators of segregation are as much the enemy of America as any foreign invader.
-
I've done a lot of films that all have been pretty edgy.
-
If falling into desperation worked to make things better, then I would say, 'Let's all jump into despair.' But it doesn't help. The only way to truly find meaning and fulfillment is to look at the disaster, the pain, the difficulty, and know with complete certainty that good can come from this.
-
I always write the pieces I want to write.
-
It takes intelligence and training, self-discipline and fine-sensibility, to gain renewed life through leisure occupation. America now suffers spiritual poverty, and art must become more fully American life before her leisure can become culture.
-
Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.
-
Frazer's account of the magical and religious views of mankind is unsatisfactory; it makes these views look like errors.
-
I'm going away tonight.
-
I was going to call it a mistake, but you could argue that there are no mistakes in war, only fortunate and less fortunate events.
-
Hockey has given me everything, most importantly it brought me to Swift Current, where I met my wife Deb.
-
When people write lies about you, and you know that they are lies, that means that they don't know the truth, so that's OK with me. If something true came out, I would have to check my circle to see who's talking and possibly make an apology phone call to my parents!
-
It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
-
If man chooses oblivion, he can go right on leaving his fate to his political leaders. If he chooses Utopia, he must initiate an enormous education program - immediately, if not sooner.
-
We surely know by some nameless instinct more about our futures than we think we know.
-
As the official representative of Lemony Snicket in all legal, literary, and social matters, I am often asked difficult questions, even when I am in a hurry. Recently, the most common questions have been the following:
