Scarlett Thomas Quotes

Everything I know I imagine everyone else knows as well. And then everything that everyone else knows I imagine they know on top of what I know, so I'm constantly anxious about what everyone else knows.

Scarlett Thomas

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• I can't imagine working without and audience.

  

  Bea Arthur
  • Working
  • Imagine
  • Without

• When I was a little kid, I loved imagining things. I'd go outside and put on a cape and just imagine I was somebody else.

  

  Haley Joel Osment
  • Imagine
  • Loved
  • Kid

• In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Knows
  • Countries
  • Some

• He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Age
  • Present
  • Knows

• The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

  

  Mark Twain
  • Man
  • Knows
  • Optimist

• I don't know karate, but I know ka-razy!

  

  James Brown
  • Knows
  • Karate

• I imagine myself as the broadcaster for a Cubs-White Sox World Series, a Series that would last seven games, with the final game going extra innings before being suspended because of darkness at Wrigley Field.

  

  Jack Brickhouse
  • World
  • Game
  • Imagine

• I pretty much know what I'm doing.

  

  Garry Winogrand
  • Pretty
  • Knows

• The best criticism is the sort that tells you what you already know but had been reluctant to accuse yourself of.

  

  J. D. McClatchy
  • Knows
  • Criticism
  • Reluctant

• I don't play well enough to be allowed to throw my clubs.

  

  Lou Holtz
  • Play
  • Enough
  • Wells

• Vaisey said, "Is it because your parents don't understand you?" Charlie said, "No, it's because our parents understand us very well, and that is why they wanted us to go away.

  

  Louise Rennison
  • Why
  • Parents
  • Said

• The fly in her argument is that when she says, 'they' will feel like lemons, we don't know who 'they' are. And 'they' might BE lemons.

  

  Louise Rennison
  • She
  • Feels
  • Knows

• Well, subconsciously I suppose some things must stick but I'm not influenced consciously by them.

  

  Ian Curtis Joy Division
  • Wells
  • Sticks

• When Gerard took over, he was trying to get us back on track, but he was also trying to ease our pain. Now, it's a fresh start for everyone and it's time for us to make a move. He knows that and he's not letting anything slide.

  

  Luke Richardson
  • Time
  • Trying
  • Pain

• The best way to enjoy your job is to imagine yourself without one.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Job
  • Best
  • Enjoy

• Well, you're expelling us aren't you?" said Ron. "Not today, Mr. Weasley." Snape looked as though Christmas had been canceled.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Today
  • Said
  • Christmas

• I do feel that, generally, people will see me and go, "He knows where the good food is," which is an awesome correlative. It's an awesome simplification.

  

  Adam Richman
  • People
  • Good
  • Food

• You can't sweeten the well by painting the pump.

  

  Adrian Rogers
  • Painting
  • Wells
  • Pumps

• I don't know the role I'm playing. I only know it's mine, non-convertible.

  

  Wislawa Szymborska
  • Knows
  • Roles
  • Mines

• How could Michelangelo have seen his David in a block of marble? Man began to make images only because he discovered them nearly formed around him, already within reach. He saw them in a bone, in the bumps of a cave, in a piece of wood. One form suggested a woman to him, another a buffalo, still another the head of a monster.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Monster

• Is the universe a Good Egg or a Bad Egg?

  

  Cressida Cowell
  • Universe
  • Egg

• A young man's passion, a jaded siren's last chance for love, a world gone mad, cheap thrills, fast cars, expensive wines, the triumph of victory, the overthrow of ontologically incipient hegemony, and gum! I have no idea if this book has any of them! But I liked the part about the bunny.

  

  Esther M. Friesner
  • Love
  • Passion
  • Chance

• Everything I know I imagine everyone else knows as well. And then everything that everyone else knows I imagine they know on top of what I know, so I'm constantly anxious about what everyone else knows.

  

  Scarlett Thomas
  • Knows
  • Imagine
  • Wells