Wilbur Smith Quotes

It's probably true that everyone has a book in them, although it may not be a very good one.

Wilbur Smith

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• I owe the public a good performance, the best I can give. We really bust our chops on 'CHiPs' but when I go home and get a weekend off, I want to spend it quietly, with my lady.

  

  Larry Wilcox
  • Good
  • Home
  • Best

• I promise to do everything I can to earn back the trust of everyone I've disappointed.

  

  Vance McAllister
  • Trust
  • Promise
  • Back

• I don't have the looks to compete at a bar, and I'm not that funny. So the last thing I want is to be in a situation where that's what I'm competing on. I'd rather be on OkCupid or Match, where I can write a 300-word essay about myself that's really good.

  

  Sam Yagan
  • Good
  • Funny
  • Myself

• It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll.

  

  Val Kilmer
  • People
  • Good
  • Fun

• I'm an exercise and yoga junkie and I feel good.

  

  Lainie Kazan
  • Good
  • Exercise
  • Yoga

• Whenever I see a tree that is climbable, it must be climbed. Sometimes when I'm on a run, I'll just run up a tree, jump on a branch and swing off. My favorite tree, in Saratoga, gets me a good 75 feet up.

  

  Aaron Patzer
  • Up
  • Good
  • Tree

• Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • World
  • Good
  • Hearing

• I feel like I've got a pretty good presence online through Instagram and Facebook. I just keep it simple.

  

  Flume
  • Good
  • Pretty
  • Simple

• I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But that empathy is what makes them good at their job.

  

  Laura Benanti
  • Good
  • Job
  • Dad

• Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Good
  • Thinking
  • Color

• Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide.

  

  Larry King
  • World
  • Good
  • Business

• My daughters are here, and that makes me feel good. And with the spirit of Nick Ashford, I think I'll make it through. I have no choice.

  

  Valerie Simpson
  • Good
  • Me
  • Choice

• I want to make it to Heaven and be as good an influence on others as I can in that process.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • Good
  • Heaven
  • Process

• I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.

  

  Haile Gebrselassie
  • Time
  • Good
  • Long

• I have a study now - I used not to. I also love working in cafes; ignoring noise is good for concentration.

  

  Sadie Jones
  • Good
  • Love
  • Study

• When you're dealing with machines or anything that you build, it either works or it doesn't, no matter how good of a salesman you are.

  

  Marc Andreesen
  • Good
  • You
  • Matter

• Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.

  

  Walter Bagehot
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Success

• One of the things that I'm really proud of is that I have really good timing. It's very easy for me to see what's coming up and it's no coincidence that I went headfirst into wine and then headfirst into new media - none at all.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • Up
  • Good
  • Proud

• I do try not to dwell on the past too much, because I have a tendency to do that, and as I've gotten older, I've gotten very good at distancing myself from shoulda, woulda, coulda.

  

  Charlie Hunnam
  • Good
  • Past

• The nice thing about doing a pop opera - in the way that doing, say, 'Miss Saigon' or 'Les Miz' would be - is that, because the convention is set from the beginning that this is an opera and everything is sung, there is never that feeling of 'Why is this person bursting out into song?' because the whole thing is sung.

  

  Lea Salonga
  • Why
  • Song
  • Feeling

• The genius of our founders is that they designed a system of government that can be changed. And we should take heart, because we’ve changed this country before.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Country
  • Heart

• I'm a very private person, so obviously I don't enjoy talking about more personal matters.

  

  P. J. Harvey
  • Enjoy
  • Very
  • Personal

• Human nature is governed by general self-interest and affected by genetic predisposition, which implies that there are likely to be limits to our moral sensitivities.

  

  Nayef Al-Rodhan
  • Nature
  • Moral

• It's probably true that everyone has a book in them, although it may not be a very good one.

  

  Wilbur Smith
  • Good
  • Everyone
  • Probably