Vivian Stanshall Quotes

Frankly, once I've eaten a thing, I don't expect to see it again.

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• Africa is not a fun place, you know. A fun place is somewhere that lifts the spirits, that cossets the senses. I don't think that can be said of the Africa I traveled in.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • Fun
  • Think
  • Know

• I'd realize it's not worth our time to worry. You do your best, and God will put the right people in your path.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • People
  • Time
  • God

• There is no suspense in inevitability.

  

  Damon Lindelof
  • Suspense
  • Inevitability

• Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.

  

  Samuel P. Huntington
  • World
  • Think
  • First

• We have learned how to do a lot of things. We must try to relearn why.

  

  Flora Lewis
  • Why
  • Try
  • Learned

• I've always considered myself to look like a rather plain-and-exhausted bluestocking, so it's rather odd to read Tweets commenting on my appearance.

  

  Kate Williams
  • Myself
  • Look
  • Appearance

• Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.

  

  Garrison Keillor
  • People
  • Time
  • Greed

• The voice has to be very clear at all times in order to convey the emotion.

  

  Ednita Nazario
  • Voice
  • Emotion
  • Order

• I think Bruno Mars is a great example of a great voice and classic songwriting with a twist that makes it contemporary. I think he's done a great job of it. I think Katy Perry has undeniable songs for what she does, for that pop market. And, if we're talking in the truly pop market, I would say those two.

  

  Kara DioGuardi
  • Great
  • Done
  • She

• The most exciting thing is to read a poem out loud for the first time.

  

  Eileen Myles
  • Time

• With few exceptions, the leading women in philanthropy, notably Melinda Gates, are the wives or daughters of rich and powerful men.

  

  Kavita Ramdas
  • Men
  • Women
  • Powerful

• I'm strong-willed. Architects are strong-willed. You get the best results with a strong client and a strong architect working together.

  

  Eli Broad
  • Together
  • Strong

• It seems at times fate knocks on people's door, and they are too afraid to pursue it.

  

  Jillian Michaels
  • People
  • Door
  • Fate

• When people consume, they want more. Then they choose the best, and you suddenly get innovation coming in. Now combine that with desperation and people wanting to get a better life: you have a potent combination for innovation.

  

  Anand Mahindra
  • People
  • Life
  • Innovation

• When, in his first inaugural address, Ronald Reagan famously said government is the problem, not the solution, he established the Republican mantra that has not changed in all the years since. It was a clever bit of rhetoric, but it has turned too many Republicans into economic simpletons.

  

  David Horsey
  • Clever

• The more you make fun of yourself and don't try to go for any kind of respect, the more people seem to respect you.

  

  James Van Der Beek
  • People
  • Fun
  • Respect

• Research must be central to healthcare if healthcare is to improve.

  

  Mark Walport
  • Health care

• When she comes She pulls you close She breathes in short bursts Her eyes close Her head tilts back Her mouth opens slightly Her thighs turn to steel, and then melt She is perfect And you feel like you are everything.

  

  Henry Rollins Black Flag
  • Perfect
  • Feels
  • Breathe

• A homeless guy came up to me on the street, said he hadn't eaten in four days. I told him, "Man, I wish I had your willpower.

  

  Jack Roy
  • Up
  • Guy
  • Wish

• Our popular government has often been called an experiment. Two points in it our people have already settled, the successful establishing and the successful administering of it. One still remains, its successful maintenance against a formidable internal attempt to overthrow it.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • People
  • Government
  • Successful

• We do not die wholly at our deaths: we have mouldered away gradually long before. Faculty after faculty, interest after interest, attachment after attachment disappear: we are torn from ourselves while living.

  

  William Hazlitt
  • Long
  • Age
  • Disappear

• I am fortunate to have a lot of love in my life. I love my family, I love my dog, I love my close friends, and I absolutely love my incredible girlfriend.

  

  Benjamin Stone
  • Life
  • Love
  • Friends

• Frankly, once I've eaten a thing, I don't expect to see it again.

  

  Vivian Stanshall
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