William C. Brown Quotes

Since the universe is stupid, it's no wonder that social Darwinism tends to support, promote and finance the evolution of fools.

William C. Brown

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• Loser lit antiheroes aren't well intentioned or earnest; they don't care whether you like them or not. They're self-mocking, ironic and inventive; they narrate their downfalls with manic wordplay, rampant metaphors, wisecracks, and escalating flights of spleen-fueled lyricism.

  

  Kate Christensen
  • You
  • Care
  • Ironic

• My dream was to play in good films, no matter in what country. I always waited for a decent script, and nothing has changed. I'm just sure that nothing in life is random, and I believe in the fate which guides you. Probably my starring in 'A Good Day to Die Hard' is good proof of that.

  

  Yuliya Snigir
  • Life
  • Good
  • Believe

• I'm a real girly-girl.

  

  Olivia Culpo
  • Real
  • Girl
  • Girly

• I lead a simple life. I feed the fish. I walk the dogs. I cook dinner. Occasionally I take a meeting.

  

  Macaulay Culkin
  • Life
  • Simple
  • Dinner

• I guess I'm quite practical. Or at least like to think I am.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Think
  • Practical

• I can't remember my dreams more than a couple of seconds after I wake up. It's frustrating because sometimes I dream that I'm watching a really good movie.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • Up
  • Good
  • Remember

• Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.

  

  Ziggy Marley
  • Time
  • Chance
  • Working

• Tanning is tricky, because a lot of people just look orange.

  

  Laura Linney
  • People
  • Look
  • Orange

• I'm drawn to bad romances.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Bad
  • Drawn
  • Romances

• They bring my music to life.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Life
  • Music

• Put the car away; when life fails What's the good of going to Wales? Here am I, here are you: But what does it mean? What are we going to do?

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Life
  • Good
  • Car

• So Rita and I decided that the most subversive, revolutionary thing I could do was to show up for my life and not be ashamed.

  

  Anne Lamott
  • Life
  • Up

• So we're led by denial like lambs to the slaughterServing empires of style and carbonated sugar waterAnd the old farm road's a four-lane that leads to the mallAnd our dreams are all guillotines waiting to fall.

  

  Ani DiFranco
  • Fall
  • Style
  • Road

• As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague probabilities.

  

  Charles Darwin
  • Life
  • Future
  • Judge

• It was football I enjoyed most. When I moved to L.A. to become a stand-up comedian, I thought it might be a good comedy hook to also be the punter for USFL club The L.A. Express, so I started practicing for the tryouts. Luckily, my stand-up took off, and I didn't need to do it.

  

  Kevin Nealon
  • Up
  • Good
  • Comedy

• The whole 'serious artist' thing is very damaging. The powers that be will steer you towards your own demise. One thing I've learned is that it's not very glamourous, and my problems are no different from anybody else's.

  

  Dave Gahan Depeche Mode
  • Different
  • Serious

• I have a great family and great friends, and I think that they'll keep me grounded.

  

  Kelly Marie Tran
  • Great
  • Family
  • Friends

• The standard rumor at the time was that Rumsfeld, as chief of staff, had persuaded President Ford to appoint George H.W. Bush as director of Central Intelligence, assuming that that got rid of a potential competitor for the presidency.

  

  Bobby Ray Inman
  • Time

• When I got off '24,' pretty soon after that I did a movie that took place in the '70s, this movie with Jimmy Caan and Gena Rowlands, and I needed to kind of have that '70s pouffy housewife hair.

  

  Leslie Hope
  • Movie
  • Pretty
  • Hair

• Kids often ask me if characters are real or made up - and I always tell them, 'I hope they're real but I made them up.'

  

  Katherine Paterson
  • Up
  • Real
  • Kids

• 4chan is a framework of pictures and text. I've always been extremely hands-off with dictating what gets posted, past general categories and rules. I support providing a place to discuss anything, although I don't agree with everything that's posted.

  

  Christopher Poole
  • Past
  • Support
  • Text

• I feel as if my mission is to write, to see, to observe, and I feel lazy if I'm not reaching conclusions. I feel stupid. I feel as if I'm wasting my time.

  

  Paul Theroux
  • Time
  • Stupid
  • Lazy

• Since the universe is stupid, it's no wonder that social Darwinism tends to support, promote and finance the evolution of fools.

  

  William C. Brown
  • Support
  • Wonder
  • Stupid