Thom Yorke (1968) English musician, philanthropist and singer-songwriter
(in his first-ever interview, 1991) source http://www.followmearound.com/presscuttings.php?year=1991&cutting=10
“People are just waiting around to get certified.”
Oui interview (1979)
Context: Certification from one source or another seems to be the most important thing to people all over the world. A piece of paper from a school that says you’re smart, a pat on the head from your parents that says you’re good or some reinforcement from your peers that makes you think what you’re doing is worthwhile. People are just waiting around to get certified.
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Diana Ross (1944) American vocalist, music artist and actress
As quoted in Jet magazine, Vol. 67, No. 2 (4 February 1985), p. 40
Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
1998 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, quoted in Wait: The Art and Science of Delay (2012) by Frank Partnoy, p. 177
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”
Stephen King (1947) American author
Source: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Nicole Hollander (1939) Cartoonist
Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 24
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
2011, Tucson Memorial Address (January 2011)
Context: These men and women remind us that heroism is found not only on the fields of battle. They remind us that heroism does not require special training or physical strength. Heroism is here, all around us, in the hearts of so many of our fellow citizens, just waiting to be summoned — as it was on Saturday morning.
“I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone.”
John Perry Barlow (1947–2018) American poet and essayist
Planet JH Weekly interview (2005)
Context: I was always raised to think that Republicans were about limited government, about individual liberty, about fiscal responsibility, about balanced budgets, about a wariness of military adventures abroad, about responsible encouragement to business. There's a whole list of things I thought the Republican Party was all about, and these guys that presently occupy the White House, are categorically against every single one of those things. So if they're Republicans, I'm not. But I'm really not a very comfortable Democrat. I mean the Democrats in the last elections proved themselves to be a bunch of dithering pussies... and it was pathetic. So I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone.
