Mcsweeneys Submissions Quotes & Sayings

I'm a jencel bird," Kalen told her. — Cate Rowan

suddenly up and died. Really. — Meg Cabot

What kind of a parent would want their children to have servants? The moment a child thinks it is entitled to anything, they think they deserve everything. — Pierce Brown

The really inspired person is never inspired: he's always inspired: he doesn't go looking for inspiration and he doesn't get up in arms about artistic technique. — Raymond Queneau

You are not an artist simply because you paint or sculpt or make pots that cannot be used. An artist is a poet in his or her own medium. And when an artist produces a good piece, that work has mystery, an unsaid quality; it is alive. — Toshiko Takaezu

The person who is truly effective has the humility and reverence to recognize his own perceptual limitations and to appreciate the rich resources available through interaction with the hearts and minds of other human beings. — Stephen Covey

The students I have come in contact with at Harvard are highly competent individuals who prefer to be challenged and respond well to encouragement. — Catherine Asaro

Right before I left New York, I had my manager tell me, 'You need to get a girl on your arm, or people will start talking.' — Sean Maher

There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something. — Billy Joel