Jerome K. Jerome Quotes
A man rarely carries his shyness past the hobbledehoy period. Even if his own inward strength does not throw it off, the rubbings of the world generally smooth it down.
Quotes to Explore
-
There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.
-
We lived in Atlanta for a couple of years, and had a lot of fun, but my best work happens when I isolate myself. It's all about turning inward.
-
I was born in the city's general hospital on November 15, 1930, and we lived at 31 Amherst Avenue in the western suburbs. It was a magical place. There were receptions at the French Club, race meetings at the Shanghai Racecourse, and various patriotic gatherings at the British Embassy on the Bund, the city's glamorous waterfront area.
-
I'm pretty gross. When I talk I can be gross and crude.
-
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
-
My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
-
I think what television and video games do is reminiscent of drug addiction. There's a measure of reinforcement and a behavioural loop.
-
One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire to have more.
-
Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football.
-
I'm in hotel rooms most of the time, and it can be hard to find a hotel with a nice gym. It was important for me to have a workout I could do in my room.
-
Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
-
I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.
-
The end of confession is to tell the truth to and for oneself.
-
'Miss Rumphius' has been, perhaps, the closest to my heart. There are, of course, many dissimilarities between me and Alice Rumphius, but, as I worked, she gradually seemed to become my alter ego. Perhaps she had been that right from the start.
-
I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
-
I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.
-
Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.
-
Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
-
Forgiveness does not mean that we suppress anger; forgiveness means that we have asked for a miracle: the ability to see through mistakes that someone has made to the truth that lies in all of our hearts. Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness. Attack thoughts towards others are attack thoughts towards ourselves. The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.
-
My dad is quite possibly the biggest Giants fan in the world. I believe he wore a Phil Simms jersey to my high school and college graduations.
-
There's shorthand that happens when you work with someone you know where you can almost finish each other's sentences. There's just a certain back and forth that becomes much easier with someone you've worked with for so long.
-
It's inspiring to watch people love my dad and want to work with him. I feel that same investment in making sure people are happy.
-
We've got one life and the older we get the more we come to realize how short it is.
-
A man rarely carries his shyness past the hobbledehoy period. Even if his own inward strength does not throw it off, the rubbings of the world generally smooth it down.
