Grease and starch just always win over protein. In food as in so many things. Look around you, that’s what our whole country is based on. It’s amazing that Michael Jordan can be an iconic figure because he’s basically just protein. Ira Glass Read Quote
There is a feeling, when you listen to radio, that it’s one person, and they’re talking to you, and you really feel their presence as one person. Ira Glass Read Quote
Like, radio is closer to a Tumblr, or a blog, or Twitter, than it is to television, I think. Ira Glass Read Quote
I feel like, in general in my work life, my main goal has been to just be in a situation where I’m not bored with my job. That’s been the entire principle. Got my wish. Ira Glass Read Quote
At some point, all comics have to go out and be retail salesmen doing door-to-door. And this idea of somebody who totally knows their craft having to get up for free in front of a crowd to work out some stuff they’re thinking in their head, still, after as much success as you can get, is really interesting. Ira Glass Read Quote
I’m a big Penn & Teller fan. But I myself was never very good; I was a teenage magician who performed at kids’ parties. I can still perform a vanish, credibly, and I still, in special circumstances, will make a balloon animal. Ira Glass Read Quote
Like most people in radio – and in magic – I’m not cool. I know people who are hip, and I can feel distance between them and me. Ira Glass Read Quote
A lot of broadcasting, I think, is doing a tremendous amount of preparation and trying to act like, ‘Oh, this thought is just occurring to me right now’ – and speaking sincerely. Ira Glass Read Quote
I remember that in Baltimore, where I grew up, we would drive by the radio station and tower of WBAL, and I would try to picture the people inside and what they did there. Ira Glass Read Quote
