Virginia Woolf Quotes

Vain trifles as they seem, clothes have, they say, more important offices than to merely keep us warm. They change our view of the world and the world's view of us.

Virginia Woolf

Quotes to Explore

Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

C. Northcote Parkinson
- Time
- Will
- Agenda
I keep trying to define 'poetry,' but it's so difficult.

Jack Gleeson
- Trying
- Poetry
- Difficult
I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different and interesting. Like reading Virginia Woolf for the first time or Lawrence Durrell for the first time.

Lalla Ward
- Time
- Different
- Writing
In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.

M. J. Rose
- Different
- Lost
- Memory
I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.

Ted Danson
- People
- Love
- Guy
When I watch Rumble Johnson, he's a bully. He bullies guys. He makes them go backward, and he traps them. I'm not going to allow that. If he tries to bully me, I'll stand right in front of him, and if he hits me, I'll hit him right back. And then we'll see how the bully handles it when nobody is going to run away from him.

Daniel Cormier
- Right
- Him
- Bully