The 70+ Terry Gross Quotes

Sometimes When I'm On The Internet, I'll Get This, Like, Which Of These Ad Experiences Would You Prefer? And I'll Have A Choice Of, Like, A Car, A Pharmaceutical Item Or, You Know, Clothing. And I'm Thinking, Like, I Don't Want Any Of These. Do I Have To Choose?

I Think There's Always An Expectation When You're A First Generation, Especially A First-generation Nigerian, Of Sort Of Being A Doctor Or A Lawyer Or An Engineer. And So, You Know, Sort Of My Initial Pursuits Into The Arts And That I Was Going To Pursue Film As A Career Didn't Confuse Them, But It Was Definitely Something That They Were Scared About.

I Was Thinking About Comedy And How Comedy In Many Ways Opens Us Up To Ideas And Really Being Influenced By Richard Pryor And Sort Of The Way He Would Use Comedy To Really Speak About Larger Social Issues.

The Sex Drive Is One Of The Most Fundamental Human Urges, And Throughout History, There Have Been Laws Regulating What Is Considered Acceptable Sexual Behavior. In The Past Century, The Law Has Had Trouble Keeping Up With Changing Social And Moral Standards.

I Don't Think My Father Noticed That He Had Daughters. I Think, You Know, Part Of The Damage Of The Childhood Was, I Simply Don't Think They Were Acknowledged As Human Beings At All. Or - You Know, One Of The Reasons I Became A Cook Later On In My Life Was, I Was Not Allowed To Cook An Egg.

I Respect Someone's Right To Privacy And I Want Them To Know It.

It Sometimes Is Just The Fear Of Being Misunderstood.

And The Rules Were So Clear, You Could Not Deviate From That All. And I Think It Especially Damaged My Sisters Because There Was Nothing They Could Do To Get My Father's Attention, To Win His Approval. They Could Not Play Sports. They Could Not Do These Other Things. They Could Not Be Tough. They Could Not Be Macho. And So I Think They Suffered Just From Sheer Neglect If Nothing Else.

What Puts Someone On Guard Isn't Necessarily The Fear Of Being Found Out.

I Love The Edited Version Of It.

I'm Not The Betting Kind.

All My Brothers And Sisters Have Stories About Dad Like This. I Remember, When My Sister Was About To Beat Him In Checkers For The First Time, He Knocked The Board Over.