Ian Bogost Quotes

To me, being able to find gratification in more venues, rather than greater gratification in a few, seems like a much more sane way of living.

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• The tribal system from which the Celt never freed himself entirely was the curse of the Celtic race, predooming it to ruin.

  

  Sabine Baring-Gould
  • Never
  • Race
  • Curse

• There was Pauline de Rothschild, who I thought was very fabulous, and Millicent Rogers, the Standard Oil heiress, very chic, very clever, very original. I admired both those women very much. And I had a great example with my mother, who was extremely chic.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • Great
  • Women
  • Mother

• It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.

  

  Val Kilmer
  • Fun
  • Acting
  • Actor

• Marrakech in May is unseasonably tagine-hot.

  

  Hamish Bowles
  • May

• My candidacy is one that fits the district and fits the Mick Mulvaney-Jim DeMint philosophy.

  

  Ralph Norman
  • Philosophy
  • District
  • Fits

• We in no way are naive to think that just because Russia and the United States agree to reduce their arsenals, that everyone else will fall in line.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • Think
  • Fall
  • Just Because

• I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion.

  

  Samuel Alito
  • Think
  • Decision
  • Opinion

• A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.

  

  Jack Horner
  • Character
  • Like
  • Story

• I'm finding myself really angry over spending and the deficit. I'm finding myself really angry over what's happening in the Middle East, the decision to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely. I'm angry about cap and trade. And I've been on record for a long time on the failed war on drugs.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Time
  • Long
  • War

• I told God, 'I don't want a man. I don't want more gold albums. The only thing I want is the love, friendship, and presence of my mother.' And God gave it to me.

  

  La India
  • God
  • Love
  • Mother

• If there is inequality, and that equates with colour, then I'm going to deal with it.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • Going
  • Colour
  • Inequality

• I use to live on this street when I was a kid where there was an old person retirement home, and all of the old people would listen to that band Herman's Hermits, and they would wear white nursing shoes. And they would throw away stacks of VHS tapes, and I would go through the trash and take them.

  

  Harmony Korine
  • People
  • Live
  • Home

• It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

  

  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Job
  • Never
  • Finish

• The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.

  

  Flip Wilson
  • Up
  • Chance
  • Living

• The Catholic Church is one of the oldest, largest and richest institutions on earth, with a following 1.2 billion strong, and change does not come naturally.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Earth
  • Strong
  • Change

• I've always had money because of my early success with Cream, so I tell young musicians to aim to write their own material, because owning the composition rights makes a very big difference.

  

  Jack Bruce Cream
  • Money
  • Success
  • Musicians

• The worst decision, hands down, was wearing bright yellow when I was 9 months pregnant. I looked like a bumble bee. I have not worn yellow since.

  

  Safra A. Catz
  • Decision
  • Hands
  • Bee

• It is when I am working that the real me comes out - that is when I am the most real and honest.

  

  Laetitia Casta
  • Real
  • Working
  • Honest

• An atom must be at least as complex as a grand piano.

  

  William Kingdon Clifford
  • Science
  • Piano
  • Atoms

• I think the moral majority and religious right have been shrinking and having not quite as loud a voice in America, and all of a sudden people are coming to their own realizations going, 'Joe down the street is gay and he's a great guy.'

  

  Jason Priestley
  • People
  • Great
  • America

• I wanted to write about extended family systems. You have people you can fall back on, and it's good. But what if you don't fit into what is expected of you?

  

  Ayobami Adebayo
  • Family
  • System
  • Expected

• I always had a curiosity about Texas. I had a curiosity about small-town life, although, granted, Odessa's not a tiny town.

  

  H. G. Bissinger
  • Life
  • Small
  • Texas

• I've been working a lot on figuring out how to sing differently and better. I want to become a better singer. I want to sing out more. I want to me more extroverted, vocally.

  

  Sufjan Stevens
  • Want
  • Singers

• To me, being able to find gratification in more venues, rather than greater gratification in a few, seems like a much more sane way of living.

  

  Ian Bogost