Quote by Susan Orlean
My ace in the hole as a human being used to be my capacity for rem

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 new friend, I made a point of finding out his or her birthday early on, and I would record it in my Filofax calendar. – Susan Orlean

Other quotes by Susan Orlean

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 keeping your private information to yourself is essential – especially if you are a controversial figure, a celebrity, or a dissident. – Susan Orlean

Category:
power
Read Quote

Parents, it seems, have an almost Olympian persistence when it comes to suggesting more secure and lucrative lines of work for their children who have the notion that writing is an actual profession. I say this from experience. – Susan Orlean

Category:
Experience
Read Quote

I want to let my friend Buster know that I would like to have dinner with him tonight. Does Buster work at home? Then how likely is he to have his cell phone on? Is he one of those people who only turns on his cell when hes in his car? I hate that. – Susan Orlean

Category:
car
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Birthday
category

Every day, every birthday candle I blow out, every penny I throw over my shoulder in a wishing well, every time my daughter says, Lets make a wish on a star, theres one thing I wish for: wisdom. – Rene Russo

Category:
Birthday

The only thing better than singing is more singing. – Ella Fitzgerald

Category:
Birthday

You know youre getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. Its like, See if you can blow this out. – Jerry Seinfeld

Category:
Birthday

I am a big popcorn fanatic. I love popcorn. In fact one year for my birthday, my husband bought me one of those big popcorn machines like they have in movie theaters. – Debbie Macomber

Category:
Birthday

Random Quotes

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative. – Henry A. Kissinger

Category:
funny

I dont rehearse a lot. I try to keep it organic. Even in movies, the less I rehearse, the better I am. – Kristen Wiig

Category:
movies

Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown. – Frances Wright

Category:
Religion

It took the madmen of yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those madmen. We must dare to invent the future. – Thomas Sankara

Category:
Future