Quote by George Saunders
I started out in engineering. I was a geophysical engineer. Throug

I started out in engineering. I was a geophysical engineer. Throughout the course of my life Ive done a lot of strange jobs, and the effect has been to make me think a little more skeptically about our capitalist society. – George Saunders

Other quotes by George Saunders

I turned 54 this year and I find myself feeling like Im in a bit of a race to get down on paper the way I really feel about life – or the way it has presented to me. And because it has presented to me very beautifully, this is hard. It is technically very hard to show positive manifestations. – George Saunders

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positive
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A John Updike is a once-in-a-generation phenomenon, if that generation is lucky: so comfortable in so many genres, the same lively, generous intelligence suffusing all he did. – George Saunders

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Intelligence
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The word funny is a bit like the word love – we dont have enough words to describe the many varieties. – George Saunders

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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose. – James A. Baldwin

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If you let society and your peers define who you are, youre the less for it. – Hugh Hefner

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I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. – Nelson Mandela

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Society

In our society leaving baby with Daddy is just one step above leaving the kids to be raised by wolves or apes. – Al Roker

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As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. – Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you cant teach poetry. This is ridiculous. – Norman MacCaig

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Poetry

I had the blues
because I had no shoes
until upon the street,
I met a man who had no feet. – Anon.

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Gratitude

Anger is a transient hatred or at least very like it. – Robert South

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