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Because Quotes by Susan Orlean
- I want a chainsaw very badly, because I think cutting down a tree would be unbelievably satisfying. I have asked for a chainsaw for my…
- I am unusually Halloween-attentive, because, as it happens, I was born on Halloween, so for me it has always been an occasion of great moment.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- When it comes to consumer electronics, I'm a big fat sucker, because even though I know you should never, ever buy anything until the second…
More Because Quotes
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself. — Pietro Aretino
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D. — J. J. Abrams
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle