Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes

There are a lot of things that we crave, there are a lot of things that would make us perhaps more fulfilled in a sensory way that we just say no to.

Jonathan Safran Foer

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• When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Soul
  • Religion
  • Beauty

• Not only are Feiglin's people radicals and fascists but also the bearers of severe personal disturbances, which hide behind a layer of patriotic make-up under the camouflage of the Jewish faith.

  

  Yossi Sarid
  • People
  • Up
  • Faith

• Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Body
  • Healthy
  • Dancing

• Every time I go to Comic-Con, I'm jacked. I want to dress up and walk the floor and answer questions, because I'm excited about it. It's like making new friends.

  

  Mae Whitman
  • Up
  • Time
  • Friends

• Basically, after an ABC sitcom I did, I ended up with a holding deal with 20th Century Fox. Absolutely cool. It pays you to be unemployed. And the bigger the entity that gives you the deal, the better.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Up
  • Cool
  • Better

• Although it is true that Hizballah is organized, inspired, financed, and armed by Iran, its main bases in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley are under Syrian military control.

  

  Yitzhak Rabin
  • True
  • Control
  • Military

• The 100m is never stressful.

  

  Usain Bolt
  • Never
  • Stressful

• If I sit down with an electric guitar, what's going to come out are Sabbath/Zeppelin type riffs, but if I'm sitting behind a piano late at night, I might write something like 'Desperado.' You're not going to write 'Desperado' between a wall of Marshalls and thumping, crushing volume.

  

  Zakk Wylde Black Label Society
  • Night
  • Wall
  • Write

• And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.

  

  Hans Kung
  • People
  • God
  • Community

• Romania is still very much underutilizing its natural and human potential.

  

  Victor Ponta
  • Human
  • Natural
  • Potential

• Statistics show that diversity in the media is pretty dismal. Critical voices from women and people of color are missing from many important conversations.

  

  Cameron Russell
  • People
  • Important
  • Women

• All the artists out there, I ask you and beg you: Take over your ship. It's your career. It's your life.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Life
  • Career
  • Ship

• Yes, in the commercial world there's room for both McDonald's and Whole Foods, but in the realm of politics, we're told, it's either Filet-o-Fish or line-caught salmon: only one can prevail - and which is up to you.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • Up
  • World
  • Politics

• Lies can be wonderful things, and when a lie is told artfully, if it's done with a degree of craftsmanship, I can't help but admire the liar.

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • Done
  • Help
  • Lies

• English writing tends to fall into two categories - the big, baggy epic novel or the fairly controlled, tidy novel. For a long time, I was a fan of the big, baggy novel, but there's definitely an advantage to having a little bit more control.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • Time
  • Long
  • Writing

• Why, Sir, it is difficult to settle the proportion of iniquity between them.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Why

• Bread and beauty grow best together. Their harmonious integration can make farming not only a business but an art; the land not only a food-factory but an instrument for self-expression, on which each can play music to his own choosing.

  

  Aldo Leopold
  • Music
  • Art
  • Business

• But bounty and hospitality very seldom lead to extravagance; though vanity almost always does.

  

  Adam Smith

• I've just always loved books, and I love the idea that we're all just really made of stories. I do also like the idea that anyone can love books. Books don't care how educated you are or what you do for a living.

  

  Markus Zusak

• You have kids growing up in some of the worst circumstances financially, living in some of the worst ghettos, and they succeed. They succeed because an adult figure, typically a mother, maybe a grandmother, nourishes the kid, supports the kid, protects the kid, encourages the kid to succeed. It's as if the environment never happened.

  

  James Heckman
  • Up
  • Kids
  • Mother

• I never wanted to be a movie star because it takes up too much of your time. I prefer the style of touring and making new music.

  

  Engelbert Humperdinck
  • Time
  • Music
  • Movie Star

• Building a successful business requires a combination of human capital, financial resources, market opportunity, persistence, community support, and even luck.

  

  Andrew Yan
  • Business
  • Opportunity
  • Community

• All of my favorite comedy has always been of the grounded variety. Even 'MacGruber.' I think that MacGruber is a really grounded character.

  

  Adam Scott
  • Character
  • Comedy

• There are a lot of things that we crave, there are a lot of things that would make us perhaps more fulfilled in a sensory way that we just say no to.

  

  Jonathan Safran Foer