John Hodgman Quotes

In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it.

Scarves, mittens, and hats are a great way to express your personality in the cold weather.

And film acting is incredibly tedious, just by its nature. It's incredibly, mind numbingly slow.

I like the guy who reads. Being articulate is something that's very important to me. But you need to know how to chop wood and fix a car and do guy things. I didn't grow up with spectators. Nobody was a spectator.

If you go to Minnesota in January, you should know that it's gonna be cold. You don't panic when the thermometer falls below zero.

A lot of '2112' was written in the back seat of a car and in cold dressing rooms while on tour in northern Ontario.

Ah, the intractable Canadian problem: Winter and finery are basically incompatible.

I've always worked on my own home and different places that I've owned. I really enjoyed it. But I'm a mechanic, a motorcycle and car builder.

I think bare legs in winter are idiotic. Unless your naked pins are toned, tanned and veinless, it's best to cover up. There is nothing more elegant in winter than dark tights worn with matching knee-length boots and a belted trench coat.

In New York especially, I always want to wear a nice overcoat to get through the winter: you can wear them so many times, and they make every outfit better.

I'd rather be a guy that can build a house or fix a car than be able to walk like a ballet dancer.

I love how British guys dress for the cold.

Fiction writers have long turned to winter to advance bluer palettes, slicker surfaces, and sharper contrasts. The sky darkens, the wind picks up, and flakes start to fall. Horizons shrink. Couples bicker. Cars slide off roads. Obliteration tends to loiter between the sentences.

The weather was so cold in Lisbon when I arrived. I decided, 'Let's grow the hair to hide my ears.' And after that, it became nice hair.

The studio can be quite tedious.

I used to work selling ice lollies and sweets on the road. I worked at a car wash as well.

When I was 17, I had to peel 100 kg of tomatoes every day.

I love scarves and hats and coats. I love it.

I will never understand how so many young women can go out in the freezing cold wearing so little clothing.

I didn't take a lot of the videos seriously; making videos was one of the most tedious things that you can imagine.

It's not nice getting up at 6 am, when it's pitch black and you have to get in a van with 10 other lads, to go and work in a muddy building site in the winter, and not get home until 5.30 or 6.

Being southern and doing bobsled was difficult from the standpoint that I had no idea how to handle the cold and how to dress in the cold, let alone warm up and compete in the cold - so it was a definite shock. I didn't even own a coat when I first started bobsledding!

Winter is my favourite season for clothes because I'm happiest wearing knitted dresses, leggings, and Uggs.

Lots of times, people go to the mountains and feel like it's not cool to wear a beanie and goggles and neck gaiter. But you're so much more comfortable, and you're getting the protection you need.

In Delhi or elsewhere, I love wearing overcoats, boots and fur coats. Fur is my favourite.