Maria Semple Quotes
When I graduated high school, I was one of many English-majors-to-be traveling through Europe with a copy of 'Let's Go Europe' in one hand, 'Anna Karenina' in the other, a Eurail pass for a bookmark.
Quotes to Explore
-
For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.
-
I was too much of an innocent when I went to university.
-
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
-
A few months after NASA was formed, I was asked if I knew anyone who would like to set up a program in space astronomy.
-
I had never used the prefix 'Dr.' with my name, but when I started with NASA, I had to. Otherwise, I could not get past the secretaries.
-
To try to fix the future is a manifest absurdity.
-
I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
-
Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.
-
The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
-
Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it.
-
I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.
-
I just butcher a book. Everything I underline I assume is important to me.
-
The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history.
-
I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.
-
No person is just one particular emotion.
-
We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States.
-
Honestly, you have to take care of yourself. That's probably something I have learned on the road.
-
God has taken care of me, and mother dear has taken care of me, too. All my life.
-
The battle going on over gay marriage in America reveals an awful lot. The Bible belt - people hate gay people. Because the Bible tells them? No, the Bible tells them an awful lot of things that they ignore.
-
Every day is different; you never know what to expect, and you have to be ready to pivot on a dime.
-
It is the trajectory of a thrown stone. It follows the hump of a humped-back whale from nose to tail. It's bounded like a smooth, sheep-cropped, grassy hill. It is a graph-line through a grey, blue, and then a grey again, sky.
-
You had to have a great voice or talent as a musician before imaging or marketing plans came into play.
-
Constant change is going to be with us forever.
-
When I graduated high school, I was one of many English-majors-to-be traveling through Europe with a copy of 'Let's Go Europe' in one hand, 'Anna Karenina' in the other, a Eurail pass for a bookmark.
