Panglossian Quotes

#1. He wants to believe that Shakespeare wrote all those books, that Lincoln fought the Civil War to free the slaves and the United States fought World War II to rescue the Jews and keep the world safe for democracy, that Jesus and the double feature are coming back. But I'm no Panglossian American.

Paul Beatty

#2. The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm.

Stephen Jay Gould

#3. I knew I wanted to be some kind of artist from about 12. I met a neighbour who drew cartoons, and I had an idea I wanted to be a cartoonist - or something that involved Indian ink, at any rate.

Edward Ruscha

#4. A lot of times when people listen to music it's because they feel down, and that's when serious hip-hop comes into play. When times is hard, people can hear a rapper that inspires them to do what they [are] supposed to do.

Rakim

#5. You really write the books you want to write. You can't take into consideration anything that anybody has said about you in the past, or what they'll say about you in the future.

Bret Easton Ellis

#6. Because people fear those who are different. And fear can make people do stupid things.

Jessica Sorensen

#7. After aircraft production, the entertainment industry is America's largest source of trade surplus.

Tyler Cowen

#8. A man gives out, dearie. A woman takes in.

Ursula K. Le Guin

#9. Every film may not be appropriate for a theatrical release, and the theatrical business is not a very good business for anybody except the distributor.

Alex Gibney

#10. I found myself in a pattern of being attracted to people who were somehow unavailable, and what I realized was that I was protecting myself because I equate the idea of connection and love with trauma and death.

Zachary Quinto

#11. I'm not a singer. I've sung in character, but it's just not my thing.

Josh Pais

#12. He was giving birth to groups of words.

Nathanael West

#13. The same thing happened to me, only worse. Worse because it happened to me.

Anonymous

#14. When our inner self connects to our work and our work to our inner self, the work knows no limit, for the inner self knows no limit.

Matthew Fox