High Quotes

Anecdotes are factoids of questionable provenance, burnished to a high gloss, often set in gilded venues and populated with familiar names as background atmosphere, purged of ambiguity in the interest of keeping the narrative flowing smoothly.

John Gregory Dunne
- High
I've been arrested many times for illegal high wire walking and illegal street performing.

Philippe Petit
- High
- Walking

My mother was Catholic, my father not. I went to Catholic high school. Every form of education failed me. I was trouble.

John Waters
- School
- Mother
- Father
I have a high bar for myself already; I always want to do something beautiful and meaningful.

Patty Jenkins
Everybody's saturated with the marketing hype of next-generation consoles. They are wonderful, but the truth is that they are as powerful as a high end PC is right now.

John Carmack
- Truth
- Powerful
- Marketing
I got a C in art when I was in 11th grade. That it is even possible to come out of a high school art class with a C is wondrous, especially considering the creative license we were encouraged to use to, for lack of a better axiom, color outside the lines.

Leandra Medine
- School
- Art
- Color
When I went into high school, I don't know why - because I've been performing since I was little - but I think it was just the pressure of being somewhere so different, and I already stood out because I had an accent, and everyone always wanted you to talk, that I kind of shied away from singing a bit.

Ella Mai
- Different
- School
- Why
For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim.

Philip Pullman
- Time
- Long
- High