Bill Konigsberg Quotes

Mom always says all sorts of shit goes down in the world, and it’s up to me to decide how to take it. The one way you’re sure to be unhappy is to frown your way through life, she says, and she’s right. Always look for the bright, vibrant color through the darkness. It’s always there, but sometimes hard to see.

Bill Konigsberg

Quotes to Explore

When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.

Iris Chang
- Small
- Chinese
- First
I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged conversation.

W. H. Davies
- Long
- Society
- Water
It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Friends
- Know
- More
Both my parents are immigrants. I've seen different struggles they've had. There's a reason you don't see me using accents. I don't do impressions of my folks. When I'm doing a crappy impression of my folks, and you're laughing, I'm thinking, 'When my parents talk to people, when they walk away do people do impressions of them? Do they laugh?'

Hari Kondabolu
The notion that female initiative is useless because men know what they want is particularly odd - most people don't even know what they want for dinner.

Katha Pollitt
- People
- Men
- Dinner
It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'

Ice Cube
- People
- Up
- America