Alan Sillitoe Quotes

If you went through life refusing all the bait dangled in front of you, that would be no life at all. No changes would be made and you would have nothing to fight against. Life would be dull as ditchwater.

Alan Sillitoe

Quotes to Explore

I have a vernacular house on the seaside in Northumberland and an Edwardian semi in south Manchester. They're both exactly as big as they need to be. I can't be doing with an ostentatious, big house - you can only be in one room at a time.

Val McDermid
- Time
- House
- Doing
What happens also is that a lot of those people and reporters who vote for Hall of Famers, some of the people who were around when Ray Guy was around, are deceased. And some of the reporters don't remember Ray Guy. He should have been in the Hall of Fame 15 years ago.

Gale Sayers
- People
- Remember
- Guy
Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.

Tanya Tucker
- Music
- Influence
- Big
I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.

Kate Adie
- Life
- Heart
- Short
In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.

Becky G
For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'

Gabrielle Zevin
- Long
- Book
- Favorite