Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes

Books are slow, books are quiet. The Internet is fast and loud.

Jonathan Safran Foer

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• God will not damn a lunatic's soul. He knows that the powers of evil are too great for those of us with weak minds.

  

  Garrett Fort
  • Great
  • God
  • Soul

• I grew up playing video games. And the cool thing about the EA Sports games is they took me through the whole motion-capture thing, where they put little sensors on my body so the video game really is me. It actually moves the way I move.

  

  Landon Donovan
  • Up
  • Game
  • Cool

• I wrote my first play when I was eight.

  

  Pam Gems
  • Play
  • First
  • Eight

• Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour.

  

  Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Why
  • Happy
  • Nice

• We were intrigued by the fact that we had so much actual behavior among people on our dating site, OKCupid.

  

  Sam Yagan
  • People
  • Behavior
  • Dating

• I came to these mediums through having the garden, and of course, people who have designed gardens have always worked in collaboration, and never made their own inscriptions.

  

  Ian Hamilton Finlay
  • People
  • Never
  • Garden

• I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. I'm a lot more introspective than my characters.

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • Myself
  • More
  • Antisocial

• I never thought we'd ever have a black president. President Obama has done such a tremendous job... He just has been unable to get what he needs to be moved at the level it should be moved.

  

  Hank Aaron
  • Done
  • Job
  • Black

• I dress according to what suits me and what I am comfortable in.

  

  Kajal Aggarwal
  • Comfortable
  • Dress
  • Suits

• Right now I'm reading every fashion magazine I can find. As a shoe designer, I feel it's my responsibility to learn as much as I can about the business, past and present.

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
  • Business
  • Fashion
  • Responsibility

• Getting to share the stories in my head with other people and have them enjoy those stories, and having them come to see my characters as real. That's so cool.

  

  Gail Z. Martin
  • People
  • Real
  • Cool

• You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Thinking
  • Start
  • Possible

• I can't imagine what it would be like to write in a relaxed state. I'm going to be writing some stories for my own interest. I want to experiment with different things and see if I can approach writing with much less control and in a better psychological state. It will be like breaking out of a straitjacket.

  

  Kate Atkinson
  • Different
  • Writing
  • Control

• Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • Something
  • Weapons
  • Chemical

• Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • You
  • Know
  • Awards

• If you like to read, sometimes it's interesting just to go and see what the reality is, of the word, of the seedy or not so seedy fiction writer, the drunk or sober poet... Sometimes you can go looking for illumination.

  

  Harold Brodkey
  • Reality
  • Interesting
  • Drunk

• The European way is also the United Nations' way. And we believe in the U.N. because we believe in the same principles, in the same values, and our communities are built upon the same fundamental ideals.

  

  Federica Mogherini
  • Believe
  • Same
  • Values

• 'We are going so slow,' Noah said, craning his neck to observe the inevitable queue behind them. 'I think I just saw a tricycle pass us.''Rude.'

  

  Maggie Stiefvater
  • Rude

• The process of making a movie has expanded in terms of effort and time for the director, doing commentaries for the DVD for example, finishing deleted scenes so they could be on the DVD, and doing things like a web blog.

  

  David Cronenberg
  • Time
  • Movie
  • Effort

• To become a business tycoon you must believe you're the best. If you're not, act like it & you'll become.Believe in yourself & never give up.

  

  Ziad K. Abdelnour
  • Believe
  • Business
  • Give Up

• And $18 million in three Japanese banks, completely false. That I have two factories in Panama, also completely false. This is part of the counter campaign of some people.

  

  Alberto Fujimori
  • People
  • Japanese

• Today’s national movements, women’s and blacks’, seem more interested in being players in the white male club than challenging the white male patriarchy.

  

  BarbaraNeely
  • Players
  • Movements
  • Patriarchy

• You play it the way you always play it. You look for matchups, and you go through your progression, and you throw it to the guy who's most open.

  

  Aaron Rodgers
  • Guy
  • Play
  • Always

• Books are slow, books are quiet. The Internet is fast and loud.

  

  Jonathan Safran Foer