Bill Konigsberg Quotes

There were about a thousand things I liked better than this part, in which we talked about women like they were just things. I tried to imagine what it would be like if gay were normal and all of us were gay. Would we objectify men in the same way?

Bill Konigsberg

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• So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.

  

  Ed Gillespie
  • War
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• I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Say
  • Now
  • Islam

• I wanted to be a Teacher with a big T: teach the whole planet. It led me into writing and speaking to large groups.

  

  Jack Canfield
  • Writing
  • Teacher
  • Planet

• By the time I approached my forties, I had the self-assurance to approach all the genres I love so deeply: R & B, rock, jazz, and pop.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Time
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  • Rock

• I'd open doors for anyone who opens doors for me.

  

  Quavo Migos
  • Me
  • Doors
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• I don't really like to talk about other people. I think people who have things going on in their lives, I think they have enough to deal with, they don't need, you know, Abigail Breslin weighing in on their lives.

  

  Abigail Breslin
  • People
  • Think
  • Know

• You can't legislate or litigate good, healthy behavior but we must be willing to educate people at an early age about the affects of unhealthy living.

  

  Zack Wamp
  • People
  • Good
  • Age

• I think, though, that people will read into a reporter's story a bias that they want to see in a reporter.

  

  Garrett Graff
  • People
  • Think
  • Want

• But whenever I look at the question of how to live, the answer's always staring me in the face. I'm already doing it.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • Live
  • Question
  • Always

• I think crime fiction is a great way to talk about social issues, whether 'To Kill A Mockingbird' or 'The Lovely Bones;' violence is a way to open up that information you want to get out to the reader.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Up
  • Great
  • Violence

• For the U.S., as the largest player in the global environment, unintended consequences are magnified.

  

  Ian Lustick
  • Player
  • Environment
  • Consequences

• I love action-adventure-type films - mythical adventures like 'Lord of the Rings' or superhero films like 'Batman.'

  

  Zac Efron
  • Love
  • Action
  • Like

• My life will be sour grapes and ashes without you.

  

  Daisy Ashford
  • Life

• There is no such thing as a lazy person; he is either sick or uninspired.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Sick
  • Lazy

• The Russians haven't been to the moon. You know why? Because they're space pussies... You really want to impress us? Bring back our fuckin' FLAG, asshole! Show us some moon rocks, or kiss this.

  

  Sam Kinison
  • Why
  • Space
  • Moon

• The pennycandystore beyond the Elis where I firstfell in lovewith unreality

  

  Lawrence Ferlinghetti

• Old-school rock bands, and blues bands, too, are kind of a dying breed.

  

  Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • School
  • Rock
  • Dying

• You can't always worry about offending people.

  

  Mary Beard
  • People
  • Worry

• You don't psych yourself up for these things, you do them... I'm acting for the audience, not for myself, and I do it as directly as I can.

  

  James Cagney
  • Up
  • Psych

• I came across humanity in Istanbul, and all I know about life comes from Istanbul, and definitely, I am writing about Istanbul. I also love the city because I live there, it has formed me, and it's me. Of course it is natural. If somebody lived all his life in Delhi, he will write about Delhi.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
  • Life
  • Know
  • Humanity

• I don't regard myself as a great classical or jazz pianist. I like country music, but I'm not a great player. I just like music. Drums 'n' bass is pretty exciting and I'd love to explore it.

  

  Keith Emerson Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  • Great
  • Music
  • Country

• I have since wandered among men of many races and many religions.

  

  Alfred Russel Wallace
  • Men
  • Religions
  • Races

• Two men say they’re Jesus, one of them must be wrong.

  

  Mark Knopfler Dire Straits
  • Men
  • Jesus

• There were about a thousand things I liked better than this part, in which we talked about women like they were just things. I tried to imagine what it would be like if gay were normal and all of us were gay. Would we objectify men in the same way?

  

  Bill Konigsberg
  • Men
  • Gay
  • Imagine