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You Quotes by Susan Orlean
- Buying a car used to be an experience so soul-scorching, so confidence-splattering, so existentially rattling that an entire car company was based on the promise…
- We do a lot of bird-watching up in the country, but we almost never have a chance to people-watch. There simply aren't enough human beings…
- I'm happy to be reminded that an ordinary day full of nothing but nothingness can make you feel like you've won the lottery.
- Election Day outside of big cities is different. For one thing, there are so few people in my town that each individual vote really does…
- Human relationships used to be easy: you had friends, boy- or girlfriends, parents, children, and landlords. Now, thanks to social media, it's all gone sideways.
- The one thing I've discovered about social media is that people love answering questions. In fact, it sometimes feels like at any given moment, millions…
- You can find out anything you want about a car now, and especially every bit of information about the price, without relying on the dealers.
- I am of mixed minds about the issue of privacy. On one hand, I understand that information is power, and power is, well, power, so…
- Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life, and the…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 I heard about the Microsoft Kinect, though, I felt an urgency rising in me. A game you played without touching any machinery? A chance…
- 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…
- Who on earth is going to use 'utilize' in a text message, a whopping seven characters including the always-hard-to-type 'z,' when you can say the…
- You could go crazy thinking of how unprivate our lives really are - the omnipresent security cameras, the tracking data on our very smart phones,…
- You may never learn the names of any of the people you talk to in a dog park, even after many, many hours spent there…
More You Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — 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
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always.… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide