Jonathan Dimbleby Quotes

I'm not certain that the BBC can claim to be making a wide enough range of distinctive programmes to make the case convincingly.

Jonathan Dimbleby

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• Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

  

  Samuel Goldwyn
  • Man
  • Head
  • Medical

• The loneliest Chinese man I ever met lived halfway up the Three Gorges, in Sichuan Province.

  

  Paolo Bacigalupi
  • Up
  • Man
  • Chinese

• Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • People
  • Earth
  • Government

• In Europe and Sweden, we see boobs on TV, and it's not a big deal. Everyone has them; everyone has seen them.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • See
  • Everyone
  • Europe

• The phrase 'blue plate special' has always been one of the homiest, coziest, most sweetly nostalgic phrases in the English language for me.

  

  Kate Christensen
  • English
  • Language
  • Special

• Most of my early records were not cohesive at all, just collections of demos recorded in different years. 'Odelay' was the first time I actually got to go in the studio and record a piece of music in a continuous linear fashion, although that was written over a year.

  

  Beck
  • Time
  • Music
  • Different

• Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans.

  

  Xavier Becerra
  • American
  • Community
  • White

• That's my favorite part about songwriting, the way you write a song, and someone else might hear it a different way.

  

  RaeLynn
  • Different
  • Song
  • You

• I'm not Hollywood. I'm a Quarter Rat. I belong here.

  

  Harry Anderson
  • Hollywood
  • Belong
  • Rat

• I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.

  

  Maggie Smith
  • Theatre
  • Performance
  • Ghost

• The cinematic language and interior destiny of each Iranian film-maker is different. The international influences on them vary from Rossellini to Fellini, Akira Kurosawa to Hou Hsiao-hsien, but there is a strong sense of solidarity.

  

  Tariq Ali
  • Different
  • Strong
  • Language

• I may have the 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' soundtrack, which I've been told is embarrassing, but come on, there are some good songs on there.

  

  Floriana Lima
  • Good
  • May
  • Twilight

• Foreign capital to build new cinemas will help modernize China's aging cinema infrastructure, attract Chinese consumers back into cinemas, and increase demand for U.S. films.

  

  Jack Valenti
  • Help
  • Chinese
  • Cinema

• Don't worry about never having time to write. Just write what you can in the time you do have and give yourself a big clap on the back, followed by a double latte and a blueberry muffin.

  

  Rachel Johnson
  • Time
  • Worry
  • Yourself

• I base a lot of decisions on my gut, and going with an independent label was a good one.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Good
  • Independent
  • Decisions

• The evolutionary epic is probably the best myth we will ever have.

  

  E. O. Wilson

• Respectability is the dickey on the bosom of civilization.

  

  Elbert Hubbard

• For anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful. Hence one must choose a master, God being out of style.

  

  Albert Camus
  • God
  • Alone
  • Style

• I show up ready to play, so I normally try and fit the situation.

  

  Matt Cameron Pearl Jam
  • Up

• Live beyond your means, then you're forced to work hard, you have to succeed.

  

  Edward G. Robinson
  • Work
  • Live
  • Succeed

• Those who staying with the wrong reward, long enough will get problem.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Long
  • Problem
  • Wrong

• Hey, girls, you're beautiful. Don't look at those stupid magazines with sticklike models. Eat healthy and exercise. That's all. Don't let anyone tell you you're not good enough. You're good enough, you are too good. Love your family with all your heart and listen to it. You are gorgeous, whether you're a size 4 or 14. It doesn't matter what you look like on the outside, as long as you're a good person, as long as you respect others. I know it's been told hundreds of times before, but it's true. Hey, girls, you are beautiful.

  

  Gerard Way My Chemical Romance
  • Good
  • Family
  • Love

• People were talking while I was playing, so I got up and left the stage. I've gotten to the point where I'm not really very patient with patrons rapping during the show. And the people were all nice and quiet when I cam back.

  

  Bruce Hornsby Bruce Hornsby & The Range
  • People
  • Up
  • Nice

• I'm not certain that the BBC can claim to be making a wide enough range of distinctive programmes to make the case convincingly.

  

  Jonathan Dimbleby