Virginia Woolf Quotes

No, I'm not clever. I've always cared more for people than for ideas.

Virginia Woolf

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• My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!

  

  Adam Garcia
  • Up
  • Think
  • Gay

• Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Kids
  • Parents
  • Value

• I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that in the end. I thought I would be a teacher, but I didn't really think about it in any practical way.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Up
  • Writing
  • School

• The world that you and I live in is increasingly challenged. Population growth, pollution, over-consumption, unsustainable patterns, social conflict, climate change, loss of nature... these are not good stories.

  

  Jack Dangermond
  • World
  • Good
  • Live

• Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.

  

  Sally Schneider
  • Work
  • Book
  • Chef

• Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Sometimes
  • Laugh
  • I Can

• You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.

  

  Victor Garber
  • Reality
  • You
  • Find

• In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Think
  • Interesting
  • Opinion

• That's a beautiful thing. The more successful you are, the more people are going to come and be a part of music.

  

  Zara Larsson
  • People
  • Music
  • Beautiful

• Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.

  

  Adam Driver
  • Up
  • Job
  • Dream

• Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

  

  Samuel Adams
  • Reason
  • Feelings
  • Mankind

• Complex tasks are often better handled in the back of our mind, and that's often true of creative tasks - when you have something complex to deal with in writing or research or responding to an email. I'll start working, put it aside, and sometimes I'll wake up the next morning with a solution, or I'll find one when I exercise.

  

  Adam Grant
  • Up
  • Writing
  • Mind

• Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.

  

  Wayne Rooney
  • Always
  • Feel
  • Said

• For as long as I can remember, we've been having debates about the foreign policy disasters and seemingly unsolvable problems around the world. Dinner conversations are replayed over generations - nothing seems to get better, and in some aspects, it seems dramatically worse, and that is especially true for women.

  

  Dana Perino
  • World
  • Long
  • Women

• It's one of my favorite seasons of the year: Back to School. As a kid, I loved fresh school supplies, new outfits, the change of seasons, and the chance to crack open a new textbook.

  

  Dana Perino
  • School
  • Change
  • Year

• There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.

  

  Nancy Kerrigan
  • Good
  • Age
  • Practice

• Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Friends
  • Like
  • Books

• I represent celebrities, but I am not a celebrity.

  

  Laura Wasser
  • Celebrity
  • Celebrities

• Une maison est une machine-à-habiter.

  

  Le Corbusier

• I'm like Elaine Stritch everywhere.

  

  Betty Gilpin

• You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree.

  

  John N. Mitchell
  • Tree

• I know a lot of you believe that most people in the news business are liberal. Let me tell you, I know a lot of them, and they were almost evenly divided this time. Half of them liked Senator Kerry; the other half hated President Bush.

  

  Andy Rooney
  • People
  • Time
  • Believe

• Houses of Congress have . . . requested me to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the many signal favors of Almighty God.

  

  George Washington
  • People
  • God
  • Heart

• No, I'm not clever. I've always cared more for people than for ideas.

  

  Virginia Woolf
  • People
  • Ideas
  • Clever