Presence of mind Quotes by George Saunders

Success is like a mountain in front of you that keeps growing. If you're not careful, it will take up your whole life.

— George Saunders

“None of it was real; nothing was real. Everything was real; inconceivably real, infinitely dear. These and all things started as nothing, latent within…

— George Saunders

“We must see God not as a Him (some linear rewarding fellow) but an IT, a great beast beyond our understanding, who wants something…

— George Saunders

America, to me, should be shouting all the time, a bunch of shouting voices, most of them wrong, some of them nuts, but please,…

— George Saunders

In my case, when I am trying to be "kind" I often default in a sort of toothless loving-all stance that is, actually, not…

— George Saunders

Whatever your supposed politics are - left, right - if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to the occasion…

— George Saunders

“A Clinton staffer tells me his theory. Think about Frank Sinatra, he says: born to sing. Think about Willie Mays: born to play ball.…

— George Saunders

We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish.

— George Saunders

“You were torturing a cat," she says. "With a freaking prod." "A prod I built myself in metal shop," he says. "But of course…

— George Saunders

“Rachel got up and did this happy little shuffle, like she was some cheerful farmer chick who'd just stepped outside to find the hick…

— George Saunders