#anonymous

Gately can't even imagine what it would be like to be a sober and drug-free biker. It's like what would be the point. He imagines these people polishing the hell out of their leather and like playing a lot of really precise pool. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#alcoholics-anonymous #bikers #drugs #recovery #sobriety

Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they're lazy and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous. ↗

— Ben Bradlee

#because #editors #even #i #i think

What I love about New York is that everyone is in their own world. It's the opposite of L.A. - there, everyone is looking outside of themselves to see who's next to them. What's great about New York is that you get to be anonymous. ↗

— Jordana Brewster

#anonymous #everyone #get #great #i

I have the ordinary experience of being anonymous when I'm in an airplane talking to air-traffic control, and they don't know who they're talking to. I have a lot of common experiences. ↗

— Harrison Ford

#anonymous #being #common #control #experience

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to the average person. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#anyone #average #average person #content #deliberately

Anonymous blog comments, vapid video pranks and lightweight mash-ups may seem trivial and harmless, but as a whole, this widespread practice of fragmentary, impersonal communication has demeaned personal interaction. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#blog #comments #communication #fragmentary #harmless

The lovely thing about being an actor is being anonymous, it's never having to explain yourself. And that's what I find interesting about actors or painters I admire. I don't want to know about their lives. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#actor #admire #anonymous #being #explain

The only place I am recognized all the time is in L.A. and otherwise, it's only about once a day. I feel pretty anonymous. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#am #anonymous #day #feel #i

Yeah, ideally, I'd probably wish to be more anonymous. But scrutiny and success go together. And I want to be successful. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#go #i #ideally #more #probably

There was an honorable tradition of using anonymous sources that was ruined by Jayson Blair. ↗

— Ted Rall

#blair #honorable #ruined #sources #tradition