Christopher Ricks Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1.
-
I get a lot of disbelief that my accent could actually be real, which seems strange.
-
The friends I knew who tutored were well paid for work that seemed far less grueling than waitressing or late-night newspaper copy editing or all the other side gigs I attempted in my early twenties.
-
To be able to take my pictures, I have to look, all the time, at the people and places I care about.
-
To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and our fellow men as equals is a magnificent act of a warrior's spirit. It takes power to do that.
-
I had to read Plato and Kant, and at times I was overwhelmed. But I have always been fearless, and so was Hannah Arendt. She wasn't afraid to speak out when she knew her opinions would not be popular because she believed in the public discourse above all.
-
We treat old people so badly. There is nothing easy about 80.
-
Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country. For me sometimes it is difficult even to know who the athletes are who are competing at the highest level. There are thousands.
-
Nearly all the great improvements, discoveries, inventions, and achievements which have elevated and blessed humanity have been the triumphs of enthusiasm.
-
China's movie industry is growing a lot faster than that of the U.S.
-
The idea of recklessly spending money - even though it sounds like it's lots of fun, it's fashion - isn't interesting to me. It is a business.
-
There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation. In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use. In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
-
Make sure that your religion is a matter between you and God only.
-
The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television.
-
One of my favorite movies is the old Depardieu film 'The Return Of Martin Guerre,' which is actually a true story and a book.
-
Investors have been too willing to buy stocks with strong reported earnings, even if they do not understand how the earnings are produced.
-
There was no concept of fashion and catwalk shows where I came from.
-
I wear Spanx to smooth things out. I read that Jessica Alba wears them and if she wears them, then so should I.
-
A painting of a person can be descriptive, but for me it's about all the things that make up a picture - the feelings, the brushstrokes - more than describing somebody. People latch on to the personalities when they talk about my work and forget the other parts.
-
If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.
-
My responsibility as a poet, as an artist, is to not look away.
-
A great work of art is one that continues to repay attention.
