Ira Glass Quotes
I remember that in Baltimore, where I grew up, we would drive by the radio station and tower of WBAL, and I would try to picture the people inside and what they did there.
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm not Cinderella.
-
This was just one of many times God has spared me.
-
I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.
-
The college years are when you sow all your wild oats and become a vampire. By 40, you've lived it up. At least, you hope.
-
I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
-
My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.
-
I like to get suggestions on what to read. I'll look at Twitter, people I like, people I admire... I'll go and research the book, download it on my phone and read it while I'm on the road.
-
There's no greater feeling in the world than when you can put a smile on somebody's face just by walking into a room. It's unbelievable. And if I have that power, who am I to waste it, you know?
-
The U.S. should worry about the effects of its polices on the rest of the world. We would like to live in a world where countries take into account the effect of their policies on other countries and do what is right, broadly, rather than what is just right given the circumstances of that country.
-
I'm addicted to food, so if you bring the cake and stuff to my house, I might walk by and take a swipe of icing and keep it moving. So what happens is I try to not keep it around.
-
I say I haven't lost my religion. I've lost my ideology.
-
We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
-
I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works.
-
I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
-
Our goal definitely isn't to sell Stripe.
-
I compose music for films, and by the grace of God, I've got a few awards. That's it.
-
Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.
-
I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
-
I would love to appear in 'Scandal,' something like that, or 'Grey's Anatomy' because I think they're incredible.
-
My father was Abe Burrows, who was a Broadway legend. 'Guys and Dolls,' 'How to Succeed,' 'Cactus Flower,' '40 Karats,' 'Can-Can,' 'Happy Hunting,' 'Reclining Figure,' it goes on. He was a legend, and when I was growing up, I was Abe Burrows' kid. That was my self-esteem.
-
I'm a novelist who read a lot as a kid. When you grow up on books and then grow up to write books, famous authors are a lot more meaningful to you than TV and movie stars.
-
Justice remains the tool of a few powerful interests; legal interpretations will continue to be made to suit the convenience of the oppressor powers.
-
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
-
I remember that in Baltimore, where I grew up, we would drive by the radio station and tower of WBAL, and I would try to picture the people inside and what they did there.
