Paul Theroux Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself, and I think that is the beauty of being a woman. You can handle anything and be ten times better than men.
-
There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
-
I think I will be able to, in the end, rise above the clouds and climb the stairs to Heaven, and I will look down on my beautiful life.
-
Swedish taxes are high, and we don't get as much as we used to for them. And our schools aren't so good.
-
Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
-
I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.
-
A democratically elected congressman of the United States of America should not be talking of an ethnic divide in Afghanistan, should not be interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs.
-
No one in the whole movie ever asks anyone, Did you write this letter' Part of the reason is that no one wants to hear that it isn't for them. As soon as they read it, they want it to be theirs.
-
The economic and social problems would tend to become, like the military situation, more and more difficult as time went on and we became more and more isolated.
-
With Napster and the sharing of music, of course, there are going to be people who exploit it. Greed has no end. But there's a lot of good that could happen. We shouldn't let the economic concerns of the major labels infringe on our freedom to share music.
-
Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?
-
I have never been accepted. I'll never make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They're never going to let me in.
-
I always look for interesting, complex characters. You know, interesting, well-written material.
-
It is not about money. It is about how you treat the player.
-
But the point is to get a whole new generation of people and people in general more re-engaged in news, and this has happened a lot since September 11th of course.
-
There are no good and bad peoples; there are only leaderships that behave responsibly or insanely.
-
I prefer the country life. I live in Kingston, but there is lots of trees.
-
You can be still and still moving. Content even in your discontent.
-
'The bully pulpit' is somewhat diminished in our age of fragmented attention and fragmented media.
-
I love Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart because they're bringing irony back into American humor, which is a delicious treat. The entire Colbert persona of being extreme right-wing when he's not at all is highly amusing. He does it so well, but sometimes a little too well. My wife is convinced he's completely that way.
-
At the federal level, the fiscal stimulus of 2008 and 2009 supported economic output, but the effects of that stimulus faded; by 2011, federal fiscal policy actions became a drag on output growth when the recovery was still weak.
-
Recovery culture teaches you that you have to repent. I don't think that's necessary.
-
Reports also suggest that Ernst and Young and other large tax preparation firms are sending tax returns overseas for processing. But the IRS has no control over tax information once it's been sent to India or another country.
-
Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.
