N. K. Jemisin Quotes
They live forever, but many of them are even more lonely and miserable than we are. Why do you think they bother with us? We teach them life’s value.
Quotes to Explore
-
Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.
-
Everyone knows that Apple crushed Microsoft in the mobile era. But it was exactly the opposite in the PC Wars of the 1980s and 1990s.
-
I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.
-
If the IOC would move the Olympic hockey tournament to the summer, that would be great. We'd be thrilled to have our players participate because then it doesn't affect our season.
-
I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
-
I'm here today because I hated everything else.
-
As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.
-
My friends I grew up with were so supportive to me. And I'm not the only one who's done well.
-
Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.
-
You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your own bread, simply because you know that if you were to attempt all these things they would all be more or less ill done.
-
I like Noah from 'The Notebook.' One - hundred percent. I fall in love with him so hard.
-
'Swallow Me Whole' is still the creation that's closest to my heart.
-
The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the charm, the hypnotic charisma, the authority it once commanded. The image it once held for us all - that of a dream we dreamt with our eyes open - has disappeared.
-
The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.
-
Through this experience we have been warned - learn everything, don't forget anything!
-
When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child.
-
People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
-
You know rule one for the vice president is make sure you never upstage the president, right? It's rule one.
-
Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.' Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
-
No one deserves to live who has not at least one good-man-and-true for a friend.
-
Preying on the grievances of disaffected young men is the bedrock of Islamism.
-
The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.
-
I believe that the most urgent need of parents today is to instill in our children a moral vision: what does it mean to be a good person, an excellent neighbor, a compassionate heart? What does it mean to say that God exits, that He loves us and He cares for us? What does it mean to love and forgive each other? Parents and caregivers of children must play a primary role in returning our society to a healthy sense of the sacred. We must commit to feeding our children’s souls in the same way we commit to feeding their bodies.
-
They live forever, but many of them are even more lonely and miserable than we are. Why do you think they bother with us? We teach them life’s value.
