M. John Harrison Quotes
Writing's like gambling. Unpredictable and sporadic successes make you more addicted, not less.M. John Harrison
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You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed.
Oliver Stone -
I never feel insecure when there are two female leads.
Rakul Preet Singh -
So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress.
Malcolm Wallop -
Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?
C. V. Raman -
In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
Carl Hagelin -
New Yorkers - the people are so honest. If you're sucking on stage, they'll let you know.
Zach Anner
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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
Fiona Apple -
My mum made me feel if I wanted to become prime minister, I could do it.
Hannah Ware -
I went to law school with a plan of going back home and practicing law to support my farming, and Dad said, 'There's just not room here for us.' So I took off to practice law and got involved in some politics, and the rest just moved on forward.
Sam Brownback -
I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.
Larry Wilmore -
Dad was an amazing storyteller and illustrator, which he did in his spare time - very inspiring and dramatic.
Bat for Lashes -
Newspapers are busily experimenting with different models. Traditionally, and I suspect in hindsight very mistakenly, online news was free. And once given free access readers felt it was their entitlement.
Malcolm Turnbull
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All of a sudden I discovered that I'm allergic to caviar. It was the perfect metaphor for my life. When I was only able to afford bad caviar, I could certainly eat my fill of it.
Larry David -
Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
Gail Collins -
I never had one beer. If I bought a six-pack of beer, I kept drinking till all six beers were gone. You have to have that kind of understanding about yourself. I haven't had a drink now in 12 years.
Samuel L. Jackson -
The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
Damon Albarn Blur -
In closing, let me just thank God, on the floor of the House, for not turning away from us even though we seem to be turning away from Him.
Zach Wamp -
Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
Warren Buffett
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The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.
Edmund Burke -
It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly.
Alexandra Kosteniuk -
Shakespeare was a dramatist of note who lived by writing things to quote.
H. C. Bunner -
There's no such thing as a tough child - if you parboil them first for seven hours, they always come out tender.
W. C. Fields -
If I dreamt this, while walking, walking in the London streets, the subconscious of each and every other life, past and present, brushing me in passing, what makes it real? Writing it down.
Nadine Gordimer -
Writing's like gambling. Unpredictable and sporadic successes make you more addicted, not less.
M. John Harrison