Harry Mathews Quotes

And I finished college because I thought how much it would upset my parents if I didnt.

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• Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Food
  • Government
  • Water

• For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.

  

  Bastian Schweinsteiger
  • Important
  • Me
  • Control

• Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.

  

  Kate Walsh
  • Hope
  • Sometimes
  • Clothes

• Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If you try to obtain citizenship in it, at once the court and retinue pack the royal archives and treasure and move away beyond the hills.

  

  O. Henry
  • Live
  • Country
  • Citizenship

• The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • People
  • Suffering
  • Authority

• Wild flowers grow where they will.

  

  Rachel Lambert Mellon
  • Grow
  • Flowers
  • WIld

• I'm childish and silly. Most people tease me because I'm a bit daft.

  

  Harriet Walter
  • People
  • Silly
  • Childish

• I think the most important thing for your life is the way you interpret things. Having an optimistic point of view is so important - your life will be so bright.

  

  Yu Chui Yee
  • Life
  • Important
  • Think

• The great thing about journalism is that there is so much exposure to all kinds of people who can turn up later as characters, whether you intend it or not.

  

  Tananarive Due
  • People
  • Up
  • Great

• For each project I do, I try to surprise myself, do the unexpected, and change my own status quo. From the One Laptop Per Child, the Herman Miller Sayl, or the latest Movado watch collection, there is always an insecurity about being able to do something important. I think each of those projects makes me feel like we have progressed.

  

  Yves Behar
  • Important
  • Change
  • Myself

• Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Men
  • Character
  • Power

• We've got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that everyone deserves that.

  

  Majora Carter
  • World
  • Live
  • Happy

• I'm constantly feeding my metabolism. But at the same time if I want to go one night and have a nice dinner then I won't sweat it the next day.

  

  Cara Castronuova
  • Time
  • Night
  • Nice

• I pushed against doing a podcast for so long. I'm a very late comer to the podcast game. But you're responsibility as a comedian is to get your viewpoints out into the world, and we have a lot more avenues to do that. So it's a lot more opportunity, but really have to work all the time.

  

  Kurt Braunohler
  • Time
  • World
  • Work

• I just sit down at the piano and rattle it off.

  

  Charlie Haden

• I never thought I would see a free South Sudan.

  

  Alek Wek
  • Free

• If I were like a lot of other people, then it wouldn't be fun; but since I'm like me, it's okay.

  

  Branford Marsalis
  • People
  • Fun

• Dane DeHaan, certainly, is kind of the best friend I've made through acting, in terms of another actor. He's fantastic.

  

  Daniel Radcliffe
  • Friend

• If you really want to annoy me, ask me when I'm going to retire from rock n' roll.

  

  Bruce Dickinson Iron Maiden
  • Rock

• I think there's a lot of things that occur within the African-American community, that we would prefer to stay within the African-American community - that we get a little nervous when you start having scenes or dialogue that we know is going to be viewed and heard on a national or global scale.

  

  Gabrielle Union
  • American
  • Know
  • Community

• When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.

  

  Prince Philip
  • Wife
  • Car
  • Door

• When you get older, the first thing that starts to go is reflexes, and reflexes are important for any person, especially an athlete - to react to something in a time when something is going on, and you can't be a second or two behind.

  

  Bernard Hopkins
  • Time
  • Important
  • Athlete

• The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, generalizations, principles, and the like. This purpose scarcely requires justification.

  

  Derek Bok
  • Help
  • Knowledge
  • Education

• And I finished college because I thought how much it would upset my parents if I didnt.

  

  Harry Mathews
  • Parents
  • College