George Saunders Quotes about Heart

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Your first responsibility is to yourself and to your own goodness of heart.

Your first responsibility is to yourself and to your own goodness of heart.

George Saunders

Heart, Responsibility, Firsts

Source: therumpus.net

My heart goes out to him. Sort of. Because empathy depends on how you've spent your day.

George Saunders

Heart, Empathy, My Heart

George Saunders (2007). “The Braindead Megaphone”, p.120, Penguin

Now, we don't really believe these things - intellectually we know better - but we believe them viscerally, and live by them, and they cause us to prioritize our own needs over the needs of others, even though what we really want, in our hearts, is to be less selfish, more aware of what's actually happening in the present moment, more open, and more loving.

George Saunders

Selfish, Believe, Heart

"George Saunders’s Advice to Graduates". George Saunders' Speech at Syracuse University for the class of 2013, 6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com. July 31, 2013.

The demographics are changing - and so what? Citizenship is a question of certain agreed-upon values and that is that. Do we believe that? I think at heart we do.

George Saunders

Believe, Heart, Thinking

"George Saunders on Trump, Mystery, and Why He Rejects Social Media". Interview with Catherine Woodiwiss, sojo.net. August 30, 2016.

A writer writes what interests him and what he can manage, and what he can make live, as Flannery O'Connor said. So my reaction to someone saying "You must!" or "You should!" or even "Hey, why don't you?" is basically to sort of shrug and politely walk off and do whatever I want to do. It's nobody else's business, really, and even if I happened to agree with one of those "musts" or "shoulds" what would I do about it, if my heart wasn't in it?

George Saunders

Writing, Heart, Hey

Source: und.edu

Our first responsibility in all things is to preserve our goodness of heart - then and only then act.

George Saunders

Responsibility, Heart, Firsts

Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

Ralph Kramden, as played by Jackie Gleason, was this big bumbling New York City bus driver who was kind of mean and crass and a little bit egotistical. But underneath it all, he was a big heart looking for a place to land I think.

George Saunders

New York, Mean, Heart

"In Search For Answers, Author George Saunders Covers Trump Campaign". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Lynn Neary, www.npr.org. July 9, 2016.