Quote by George Saunders Download Open image ““No one who has ever done anything worth doing has gone uncriticized.”” — George Saunders ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Nothing of worth was ever achieved without the focused effort to pursue or create whatever was desired or needed.” — Steven Redhead Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing left to contend against and nothing left that must be done, and there will never be anything that must be done ever… — Jed McKenna Copy Share Image
“Only some things are worth doing well. Most things that are worth doing are only worth doing sloppily. Many things aren't worth doing at… — Carol Deppe Copy Share Image
“He took no interest in politics, which ruin the character and career, yet nothing can be achieved without them.” — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“For prying into any human affairs, none are equal to those whom it does not concern.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Assail me not with noble policy, for I care not at all for platitude. And surrender such tedious detail to greater minds than mine… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
“Nothing great was ever achieved without a personal sacrifice. You have to pay the price to realize your goals.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“Nobody ever wants to do anything except what they are not allowed to do.” — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“It’s not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it’s the most patriotic thing we can do.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Wow wow wow is all I can say! Remember how I always buy lunchtime Scratch-Off ticket? Have I said? Maybe did not say? Well,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Whatever your supposed politics are - left, right - if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to the occasion… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
What America is, to me, is a guy doesn't want to buy, you let him not buy, you respect his not buying. A guy… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
