Douglas Jerrold Quotes
Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.
Douglas Jerrold
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
Otto von Bismarck
I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.
Gale Sayers
Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
Tavi Gevinson
My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short like Carver or you stop trying.
Zadie Smith
Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.
Quincy Jones
Medicine, you see, is my first love; whether I write fiction or nonfiction, and even when it has nothing to do with medicine, it's still about medicine. After all, what is medicine but life plus? So I write about life.
Abraham Verghese
At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible.
Yannick Noah
In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it.
Frank Ocean
'It must be nice to think there is a true reality,' says Miss Callendar. 'I've always found reality a matter of great debate.'
Malcolm Bradbury
I'm the first to admit that there's something unnatural... something unseemly... about rock stars mounting the pulpit and preaching at presidents, and then disappearing to their villas in the South of France. Talk about a fish out of water. It was weird enough when Jesse Helms showed up at a U2 concert... but this is really weird, isn't it?
Bono
U2
When we first get to space, we feel sick. Your body is really confused. You're dizzy. Your lunch is floating around in your belly because you're floating. What you see doesn't match what you feel, and you want to throw up.
Chris Hadfield
Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.
Douglas Jerrold
