Susan Orlean Quotes
Writing a book, just like building a library, is an act of sheer defiance. It is a declaration that you believe in the persistence of memory.
Quotes to Explore
-
Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
-
The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
-
A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
-
Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
-
I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
-
I would love to work with Matt Damon.
-
I am a Brazilian before I am an architect. I cannot separate the two.
-
I don't think that our European Union membership precludes us from building an illiberal new state based on national foundations.
-
At 62, I remain clean and sober and my ponytail remains erect.
-
All of a sudden, if you think about the entire ecosystem of connected devices that can pull down information, access content and allow me to share and work and communicate, the vast majority now are not Windows computers. They are iPhones. They are iPads. They are Android devices.
-
It's getting worse under Prime Minister Modi. The economic miracle has failed, to a degree, and people are reaching back to a kind of imagined Hindu past for a feeling of pride. And that feeling of pride necessarily comes from denying any kind of Muslim heritage. People my age seem to be becoming illiberal in a way that I'm surprised by.
-
I am no theologian. I am a layman. I am among those who are preached to, and who listen. It is not for me to preach. I should not willingly forego being a listener, a man who reads the Gospels and then listens to what others say that our Lord meant. But sometimes a listener speaks out, and listens to his own voice.
-
When I got pregnant, I had to concentrate on being pregnant for a whole nine months, even though I knew it was ruining my career at the time.
-
The kind of acting I love is when you watch and you discover what you think perhaps you weren't supposed to see: the chink in the armor.
-
The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken.
-
I'd love to do a musical. I've been known to have a good step or two. I'm half Samoan, you know, and part of our culture is singing and dancing daily.
-
The only sound approach to collective bargaining is to work out an agreement that clarifies the rights and responsibilities of the parties, establishes principles and operates to the advantage of all concerned.
-
I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from.
-
My favourite designers are Alexander McQueen, YSL, Eskandar, Donna Karan and Lanvin.
-
I believe that when the public lacks even the most fundamental access to what its governments and militaries are doing in their names, then they cease to be involved in the act of citizenship.
-
Everyone praises Sachin Tendulkar. He may be a genius in his own right but in my book, Rahul Dravid is the artist. Dravid's defence tactics, his strokes, his cuts, his grace are truly amazing. I'd like to meet the chap sometime and take my hat off to him.
-
Writing a book, just like building a library, is an act of sheer defiance. It is a declaration that you believe in the persistence of memory.
