Koenig Quotes & Sayings

You know how everyone - there's this maxim that we all become our mother or we all become our parents. And, generally, I really wouldn't mind becoming my mother. I really like her, so I wouldn't mind becoming her. But I definitely need to edit her. — Sarah Koenig

A writer once asked what I'd say if i ever met my biggest hater. I paused, thought deeply and said, probably 'suk a dog dik, motherfuker — Ezra Koenig

One Sunday evening when it was very hot and breathlessly still we sere sitting here in this room in the dusk. He switched on the record player. Liszt. We sat. As I say, here. In this very room. We listened to the piece. Neither of us said a word. That's when he took my hand and we went out into the garden. In a quiet voice he said that I wasn't like any other person in the world and that some people wouldn't understand that. They wouldn't want me to be the way I was. They'd want to change me. They'd try to order me about and make me into the kind of person they wanted me to be. Since I was still a child there would be little I could do except stay alone, stay out of trouble, and make myself very small in the world. — Laird Koenig

As an artist you have the luxury of maybe presenting an issue in a certain way, as opposed to actually solving it. — Ezra Koenig

How did I know how to do that to a body? Is that what you want to know?"
The boy, holding the tea tray, did not reply.
"I told you. It's exactly the same as cooking. I happen to know how to read."
"The library has stuff on things like that?"
The girl picked up the poker and pushed a maple log back into the fire. "The library has everything. — Laird Koenig

I've been a radio reporter for ten years, and if I learned anything from my time at 'This American Life,' it's how to craft a narrative so that even if the ending is ambiguous, it is somehow satisfying. — Sarah Koenig

Just because I grew up a white guy in America doesn't mean that's the music of my life. — Ezra Koenig

I like how Ralph Lauren creates a mystical world through his clothing. — Ezra Koenig

I think that if journalists, reporters who spend a lot of time on a story, are honest with themselves, we all have feelings about our subjects - I mean, unless you're a robot. — Sarah Koenig

The game is pretending. It's going through the motions of life. But it's not living.

The game is for people who want rules because they're afraid to believe anything everyone else doesn't already believe. They're all scared to leave the street where they live and do something with their lives. the game is for people who want to be told what to do. Okay. Good for them, if that's what they want. — Laird Koenig

Probably saying a 30-second prayer at a key moment has done more good than any psychotherapy or drugs I've prescribed. — Harold George Koenig

I'm always looking for a low-budget script with an interesting character to play. — Walter Koenig

And maybe one day we'll look back and wonder how we managed to live in the same house for so long, and never stopped to introduce ourselves. — John Koenig

It's cool to have instruments lying around because they give you different ideas. — Ezra Koenig

It's really hard to even talk about the internet without seeming instantly corny. — Ezra Koenig

If he could go back, choose another career, my father would have liked to have been an environmentalist of some kind, which is why he'd really like to be remembered for something almost nobody knows he did: naming Earth Day. It agitated him to look up Earth Day on Wikipedia recently and not see his name anywhere. So a few days ago, I added it. — Sarah Koenig

Having purpose and vision during retirement is one of the most important determinants of mental, social, spiritual, and physical well-being in later life. — Harold George Koenig

It's pretty cool that people will pay for something even though they don't have to. It's totally different now to back in the day. Now you're paying for a record because you believe in the band. In the future that will be the only time people will pay for albums, because there's some kind of connection. — Ezra Koenig

I go to great pains to find the best yogurt and granola. — Ezra Koenig

The night, a living presence, was in constant motion, shifting itself, sighing, breathing. She wondered if perhaps it, too, was trying to get warm. — Laird Koenig

Making every record is a process full of tough times. — Ezra Koenig

It's so easy for anyone to deal with their own guilt of being a middle-class white music fan by pointing to other people who they perceive to be richer than them, whiter than them. — Ezra Koenig

In Europe, I always have fun bike riding in Amsterdam. — Ezra Koenig

I like stories where there's a center that's mushy and complicated. — Sarah Koenig

No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song. — Ezra Koenig

If kids and teenagers can get into a band, it's probably not because they think it's brainy. — Ezra Koenig

I love serialized stories of any kind. I'm a huge sucker for any kind of series. — Sarah Koenig

I'm thin-skinned in a way that's just dumb. — Sarah Koenig

I'm down with Spotify. I don't know all the financial details but generally it's a great resource. — Ezra Koenig

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. — Friedrich Koenig

Musicals don't get enough credit for being so surreal. It's like an alternate universe. — Ezra Koenig

Movies can be effective in influencing people to think in ways they might not otherwise be exposed to. Social commentary in films is most effective when you're not aware of a soapbox. Making the point without force-feeding the audience is the most desirable approach. — Walter Koenig

I still think that if you're excited about something, you have to work at it. — Ezra Koenig

I went to Columbia University because I knew I wanted to go to a school that was academically rigorous. I prided myself on getting good grades, but I also hated it. — Ezra Koenig

I grew up listening to Jay-Z, and I think the first time I really became obsessed with learning and thinking about lyrics was when I started listening to rap; I was 11, 12, and started becoming aware of music beyond the familiar. — Ezra Koenig

Not to be weirdly glib, but as a reporter, you should be honest all the time. — Sarah Koenig

If you're lonely, bored, or unhappy, remember you are mad young. There is so much time to meet new people and go to new places. — Ezra Koenig

When Obama came to power, there was a lot of talk about a post-racial America. — Ezra Koenig

Anyways, trying to express yourself to the press is often like arguing with a hysterical person. — Ezra Koenig

People just like a good crime story; they want to know who did it. — Sarah Koenig

I'm pretty sure that the Walkmen are the band that I've paid to see the most in my life. — Ezra Koenig

It would be great to do a story and get somebody who is innocent out of jail. That's a wonderful thing. — Sarah Koenig

Sometimes I surprise myself with how dissatisfied I am with seemingly satisfying experiences. — Ezra Koenig

There aren't that many people walking about who are a total class stereotype. — Ezra Koenig

Fiddling with a program until it appears to work is a reliable way of obtaining a program that almost works — Andrew Koenig

I don't like to generalize but I've had nothing but bad experiences with Mexican food in Europe. — Ezra Koenig

Playing 'Tetris' for 15 minutes is like meditation. — Ezra Koenig

I think that anybody who's anti-selfie is really just a hater. Because, truthfully, why shouldn't people take pictures of themselves? When I'm on Instagram and I see that somebody took a picture of themselves, I'm like, 'Thank you.' I don't need to see a picture of the sky, the trees, plants. There's only one you. — Ezra Koenig

In a way I haven't quite stopped mourning the end of my childhood. — Emma Koenig

While not every person is called to be a mother in the biological sense, we're all called to be life-givers and love-bearers. And isn't that really what a mother is - a person who is willing to nurture life and love? Isn't that what the world really needs? In what ways can I emulate Mary as a life-giver and life-nurturer? How can I model my life on that of Mary? — Woodeene Koenig-Bricker

Growing up listening to rap music, you almost feel like you should have haters. That's an important part of being a successful musician. It's a good thing, I guess. — Ezra Koenig

You can be 24 and continue to live like you're at college, or even continue to live like you're in high school. Or you can put on a shirt and tie and pretend to be an adult. — Ezra Koenig

Tom Cruise is one of the most successful actors of all time. — Ezra Koenig

Be careful of the magician that tricks you into believing that what you do with food has no consequences. — Karen R. Koenig

I still to this day get the most inspiration from rap lyrics. — Ezra Koenig

Are there any other missing persons living under your roof? Elvis? Jimmy Hoffa? Amelia Earhart? I'd just like full disclosure now, before we go any further. — Maggie Stiefvater

I could Google image search 'the sky' and I would probably see beautiful images to knock my socks off. But I can't Google, you know, 'What does my friend look like today?' For you to be able to take a picture of yourself that you feel good enough about to share with the world - I think that's a great thing. — Ezra Koenig

All I know for sure is that issues like race, like class, are always best approached with compassion and open-mindedness. — Ezra Koenig

I'm a huge fan of the Bay Area so I always love coming to San Francisco. — Ezra Koenig

Some people say video games rot your brain, but I think they work different muscles that maybe you don't normally use. — Ezra Koenig

But you know what? When I die, everybody is invited to come take a selfie at my funeral. Except for my enemies. They're not invited to the funeral, period. — Ezra Koenig

The eight-acre underground was so sprawling that for months after the park first opened, guides had to be stationed in the tunnels to redirect lost employees. Soon after, the tunnel walls were color-coded by land and maps were posted at each intersection to help newcomers find their way. — David Koenig

Giving and taking comfort in everything they could give and take, every part of them sought to make themselves one till it was impossible for either to know the comforter from the one being comforted. — Laird Koenig

I remember the first pangs of stress arriving at the end of school. Once I graduated I had to get a full-time job, worry about health insurance, saving money, paying rent - things I'd never thought about before. — Ezra Koenig

Sometimes you want to dress a certain way ... that doesn't always reflect your pedigree. — Ezra Koenig

Rapping and singing are not two polar opposites. There's so much middle ground. And I think there's a lot of people who find that middle ground. — Ezra Koenig

My father says most people who say they like poetry only pretend to like it.'
'I guess you like it?'
'I love it very much.' Her long hair swirled as she shook her head to correct herself. That's redundant. The word 'love' stands alone. 'Very much' only weakens it. I love words. Most people aren't very careful with them. — Laird Koenig

Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me. — Walter Koenig

history n. Discipline that, in reminding us that the world existed before we did, creates identity malfunction and is therefore banned from schools along with foreign languages, the province of obstinate and eccentric foreigners.
Those who worry that, if we do not study history, we are doomed to repeat it need not be concerned. Everyone, whether or not he studies history, is doomed to repeat history.
hobby — Rhoda Koenig

I feel like you constantly have to prove why you deserve to continue to exist. — Ezra Koenig

If you go to probably any jury trial in Baltimore that involves violence, either an assault or murder, and watch the voir dire, to me, that's when you get a sense of what it's like to live in Baltimore. — Sarah Koenig

You have to erase years of distorted perceptions about yourself. — Sharon Koenig

Religious tolerance is something we should all practice; however, there have been more persecution and atrocities committed in the name of religion and religious freedom than anything else. — Walter Koenig

My father was a legendary copywriter. He wrote 'Timex Takes a Licking and Keeps on Ticking.' He named Earth Day 'Earth Day.' It falls on his birthday, April 22. Earth Day, birthday. So the idea came easily. — Sarah Koenig

I do think sometimes there's danger in guest appearance mania. I've seen too many examples that sound cool on paper, like 'Oh, get that guy to sing the hook on that guy's song,' and then that's all it is. It's a cool idea that sounds good on paper. — Ezra Koenig

My dad grew up in a working-class Jewish neighbourhood, and I got a scholarship from my dad's union to go to college. I went there to get an education, not as an extension of privilege. — Ezra Koenig

My dad has a really great record collection that basically went up to the year I was born: 1984. — Ezra Koenig

People who practise a religion have been found to be happier, healthier and less stressed than those who don't. — Harold George Koenig

Well, growing up in the '90s, my first true love was ska music. — Ezra Koenig