Ben Aaronovitch Quotes
I gave the prescribed Metropolitan Police "first greeting". "Oi!" I said "What do you think you're doing?

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Good things happen when you meet strangers.
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My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.
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I pledge to you today that for as long as I am your governor, I will not seek or accept any outside compensation from any source.
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I like watching films that can play in any language because they're essentially silent.
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You know, you don't expect everyone to be as educated as everyone else or have the same achievements, but you expect at least to be offered at least some of the opportunities, and libraries are the most simple and the most open way to give people access to books.
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My mum made me feel if I wanted to become prime minister, I could do it.
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When it comes to memories of that iconic type, memories that are burned into you, I have maybe ten or so from my childhood. I'm a bad rememberer of situations. I forget almost everything as soon as it happens.
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It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.
Garry Kasparov -
I am going to enjoy some other things apart from business.
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Kristen Stewart always looks good - she wears what she wants. It's the same with Alison Mosshart - she chooses clothes that she loves rather than what she thinks she should wear.
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Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a couple of years' time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something to contend with.
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Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.
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I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider.
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The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
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I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.
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Since I was a small child, I was always writing either poems or plays... plays in which I had the starring part.
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To say that Jimmy Carter does not understand politics or is not a good politician denies the phenomenon by which he got to the White House. He is without question the best politician, when he's working at it, of anybody I have ever seen.
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To dissociate politicians from capitalists is slightly disingenuous, to put it mildly. U.S. lawmakers are competitive and auction themselves to the highest bidder via the lobby system.
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I have never written a line of commercial code in my life. Nor should I.
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The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.
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I love all music. Right now I am loving Josh Grobin and Kelly Clarkson.
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Well, Mr. Speaker, if so many of these Iraqis are ready to come up and to provide the security, the police work in the country, then surely there should be no problem with putting American forces into the background instead of having them up front.
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I think it's so easy to be judgmental of other people's decisions.
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I gave the prescribed Metropolitan Police "first greeting". "Oi!" I said "What do you think you're doing?