William Bolitho (William Bolitho Ryall) Quotes

The shortest way out of Manchester is notoriously a bottle of Gordon's gin.

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• My cares come from a very selfish place 'cause in reality I'm young, and I haven't had the experience to be mature yet.

  

  Vince Staples
  • Experience
  • Reality
  • Selfish

• During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.

  

  Laini Taylor
  • Book
  • Words
  • City

• I love the secrecy of writing fiction. When I write a novel, I don't tell anybody what I'm doing. I'm living in my private world. And it's a great sensation.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • World
  • Writing
  • Private

• I saw an interview that I did with someone, and I was horrified by it. And I said to my wife, 'This is unbearable how I talk.'

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • Wife
  • Said
  • Interview

• It's good - it's great when somebody who is 20 years younger than you comes up and says, 'Wow, we just got turned on to you guys, and you're really great,' or something like that. I like that.

  

  Walter Becker China Crisis
  • Up
  • Good
  • Great

• I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.

  

  Barbara Hershey
  • People
  • Afraid
  • Aging

• Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

  

  Malcolm Muggeridge
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Reality

• Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.

  

  Sam Harris
  • People
  • Religious
  • Nothing

• I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends.

  

  Ian Mcewan
  • Up
  • Friends
  • Never

• If people don't have a job, they're not too interested in how you intend for them to have a job. They want to see results.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • People
  • Job
  • Want

• To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience.

  

  Barbara Deming
  • Power
  • Action
  • Effective

• Somebody might get criticized for doing some movie that totally sucks, then turn around and be incredible. Every actor goes through that, not just musicians who act.

  

  Lance Bass NSYNC
  • Movie
  • Doing
  • Act

• I wish I was a bit shorter, as I think shorter people have better walks. Freddie Fox, the actor, is shorter than me and has an amazing gait; and Tom Cruise has a brilliant run. I'm just gangly.

  

  Jack Whitehall
  • People
  • Wish
  • Amazing

• For guys who are into fitness, I think it's important to wear slim-fit stuff that is pretty tight so they can show off the bodies they have been working hard to have. Women are going to appreciate that.

  

  Carl Hagelin
  • Important
  • Women
  • Pretty

• I'm thankful to say that I already have my dream job. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

  

  Nathan Kress
  • Job
  • Dream
  • Thankful

• I hate the word sexy.

  

  Ursula Andress
  • Hate
  • Sexy
  • Word

• I was one of the most brilliant liars as a child.

  

  Tea Leoni
  • Child
  • Most
  • Brilliant

• When I was at Brown, I wanted to write the great American novel, but I was too scared to take a creative course. I signed up for one, got in, and just didn't have the courage to go. I was a tremendously shy person, almost pathologically shy. The thought of peers critiquing my work - oh, God.

  

  Nathaniel Philbrick
  • Up
  • Work
  • Great

• When I realized I was having trouble reading, I was too embarrassed to ask for help. Some teachers believed in me, but I just wasn't focused on school - I was into the music and trying to please my dad.

  

  Fantasia Barrino
  • Music
  • Trying
  • School

• Better than a thousand hollow words Is one word that brings peace. Better than a thousand hollow verses Is one verse that brings peace. Better than a hundred hollow lines Is one line of the dharma, bringing peace. It is better to conquer yourself Than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, Not by angels or by demons, Heaven or hell.

  

  Gautama Buddha
  • Peace
  • Heaven
  • Victory

• Writers will happen in the best of families.

  

  Rita Mae Brown
  • Writing
  • Family
  • Happens

• Gimme some of that you and me, Some of that way back when, A little bit of wild and free I wanna feel that again

  

  Jason Aldean
  • Free
  • Way
  • WIld

• The shortest way out of Manchester is notoriously a bottle of Gordon's gin.

  

  William Bolitho
  • Way
  • Bottles