All Susan Orlean Quotes
- When I was a kid, phone calls were a premium commodity; only the very coolest kids had a phone line of their own, and long-distance… All
- Borders had lousy management and made bad corporate decisions, so its fate is less like a terrible accident than a slow-motion slide into a ditch,… Accident
- 'Brave' is one of those words that has been bleached of most of its meaning these days, thanks to far too many appearances in the… Ad
- College athletics are so entrenched and enjoyed by so many people that they will never be discontinued or substantially changed. I know that. I just… All
- Everything rational and sensible abandons me when I try to throw out photographs. Time and time again, I hold one over a wastebasket, and then… Abandon
- Having animals in the city is entirely different from having animals out in the country. For one thing, it's more social. When you live on… Acres
- Here's a habit I never thought I'd develop: I gravitate to anything online that's marked 'most popular' or 'most e-mailed.' And I hate myself a… Anything Online
- I finally overcame my phobia, and now I approach flying with a sort of studied boredom - a learned habit, thanks to my learn-to-fly-calmly training… All
- I have long been one of those tedious people who rails against the coronation of 'student-athletes.' I have heard the argument that big-time athletics bring… Another Story
- I heard a computer scientist the other day refer to playing with the Kinect as 'storytelling.' At first I thought that sounded a little high-minded,… Computer
- I love tearing things out of the ground. I love digging and discarding. I love pruning. In fact, I love pruning so much that I… Attacked
- I might have missed my calling as an editor. In the spring, the sight of my empty garden beds gives me the horticultural equivalent of… Among
- I once had a boyfriend who couldn't write unless he was wearing a necktie and a dress shirt, which I thought was really weird, because… Ago
- I remember thinking that a girdle was barbaric, and that never in a million years would I treat myself like a sleeping bag being shoved… Bag
- I wish I had coined the phrase 'tyranny of choice,' but someone beat me to it. The counterintuitive truth is that have an abundance of… Abundance
- I wonder what book signings will be like when most of the books we read are electronic. Will authors sign something else? A flyer, perhaps?… Authors
- I work at home, in the country, and days will go by when, except for my husband and son and the occasional UPS man, the… Chickens
- I'm always mystified by the day-to-day workings of entities like Twitter that provide framework but not content, but I suppose it could be compared to… Compared
- I've always been afraid of video games - not afraid that I wouldn't like them, but that I would like them too much, and that… Abandon
- I've loved some gadgets that were not worthy, and I've loved gadgets that I would have loved more if I had waited for their developers… Developers
- I've noticed lately that it seems most intimate to not use any closing on your e-mail at all, because it seems to make it feel… All
- In the course of transferring all my CDs to my iPod, I have found myself wandering the musical hallways of my past and reacquainting myself… All
- It seems that half the point of being in Miami Beach - particularly the northern end of South Beach - is to be observed by… Along
- Most fourth graders can't say why Abraham Lincoln is an important historical figure? Wow. This is far more distressing than if the news had been… Abraham
- My ace in the hole as a human being used to be my capacity for remembering birthdays. I worked at it. Whenever I made a… Ace