James Buchan Quotes
Bulls don't read. Bears read financial history. As markets fall to bits, the bears dust off the Dutch tulip mania of 1637, the Banque Royale of 1719-20, the railway speculation of the 1840s, the great crash of 1929.
Quotes to Explore
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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I never want to make a complete, 180 reactional record. I wanted a connection to what I've done in the past but still move forward and evolve.
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There are times, especially on 'The Five,' where I've lost control for a moment. I always feel bad about it, but those always seem to be the times that people realize, if I'm mad about something, it must really matter.
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I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.
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Whatever road you've been given, enjoy that road.
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There are a lot of magazines that are still sort of... that only cater to a certain demographic and only put certain people on their covers.
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My family is weird in a very good way because I was always exposed to the arts.
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I believe that every human being is sufficiently depraved that when we get to Heaven, no one will be able to say, 'I merited this.'
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I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
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I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.
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I conduct business, not dependent of public sentiment, but according to the rules of fair business.
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Any threat to the health and safety of a child in any school or classroom is unacceptable.
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I play computer games, watch TV and do what normal people do.
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Our past is who we are, and death is one of our experiences. I lost my husband a long time ago, but it's always yesterday.
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I'm a big routine guy. I have to have everything in threes.
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I don't own a scale, and Tao banned the word 'fat' from our house. If we eat too much, we say, 'I feel clogged up.'
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I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.
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When a documentary filmmaker, working in the style that I do, suggests that there has been a shooting ratio of 40 hours to every one hour of finished film, that doesn't mean that the other 39 are bad.
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My husband is experimental, loves to cook, and is really good at it. If I do the cooking, I lose my appetite. Why is that?
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All truth contains an echo of sadness.
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I certainly have the feeling that I'm the same person even though I've changed a great deal.
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Bulls don't read. Bears read financial history. As markets fall to bits, the bears dust off the Dutch tulip mania of 1637, the Banque Royale of 1719-20, the railway speculation of the 1840s, the great crash of 1929.
