11 quotes by John Hodgman

“All I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports.” — John Hodgman

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“When you think about it, the end of the world is a little bit like death: We all know it's going to come eventually, and as we get older, we feel we see the signs more and more distinctly.” — John Hodgman

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“People who run for president seriously and people who become president enter a bizarre secret society in which they have had an experience that none of us will ever have.” — John Hodgman

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“As a freelance writer, I'd be asked to become an expert for various magazines on any subject, whether food or wine or history or the life span of veterinarians. I was completely unschooled in any of these things.” — John Hodgman

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“One can always come up with funny lists and jokes. You know what? I take it back. Not everyone can always come up with funny lists and some jokes. I'm very lucky to have a gift where I can do that pretty ably.” — John Hodgman

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“People forget how outcast 'They Might Be Giants' can be. They have a reputation for writing really deft, funny, clever melodies, and they also make a lot of music for kids, which is terrific, but when you see them in concert, they can rock the house.” — John Hodgman

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“More people have more access to more readers for less money than ever before in history. It means a lot of dross but it means a lot of very talented people can find and nurture a readership in ways that were not possible twenty years ago. From a creative perspective, that is all that writing is about.” — John Hodgman

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“My type of humor is me not caring whether people know what I'm talking about or not.” — John Hodgman

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“As you know, the thing that I know the least about is the topic of sports.” — John Hodgman

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“I think that obviously, there is a perverse attraction to a fundamentally changed world or the end of the world. There is a death wish, a perverse death wish. Not just for ourselves, not just for the movie 'Death Wish,' but for the end of all human life.” — John Hodgman

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“Hosting a TV show is a full-time job in which success is defined by it never ending.” — John Hodgman

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