Liam Smith Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
If Bill jumps into something that relies on a lot of cymbals, I'll jump into something that relies on a lot of skin sounds; if he goes into metal tones, I'll go into wood, and so on. I basically play in his holes.
-
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
-
My family is a praying family, a Christian family.
-
I'll be singing with The Blind Boys of Alabama, which is a great joy to me. I've done some work with them before, and they truly are amazing.
-
We begin to change the world when we stimulate long-term prosperity using technology. There is not a problem that's large enough that innovation and entrepreneurship can't solve.
-
The story of Harold Fry and his unlikely pilgrimage began as an afternoon play for radio. For many years, I have been writing plays and adapting novels for 'Woman's Hour' and the 'Classic' series. So this was originally a three-hander play, broadcast one sunny afternoon on BBC Radio 4.
-
Most high-level models that I've ever met are actually well-travelled; they're cultured, and no guy laying a cheesy line on them is actually going to impact their world.
-
Those who know me would tell you, 'Moily can't be cowed down.' I have plans to enhance domestic oil and gas production.
-
What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.
-
I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.
-
I live in, literally, the same home when I was swiping my first bank card and wondering if I'd have to put back the Charmin. We still don't have a dishwasher. My mom has done all these gardens so now my house looks like the garden shack in the middle of Versailles.
-
In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation, a sage, someone with no institutional affiliations who could offer an authoritative word on our times as well as on our moral life.
-
Whether slavery shall go into Nebraska, or other new territories, is not a matter of exclusive concern to the people who may go there. The whole nation is interested that the best use shall be made of these territories. We want them for the homes of free white people.
-
How can you think and hit at the same time?
-
I have two tutors - a maths tutor and another tutor who does all the other subjects. It is part of the deal with myself; I really want to finish school. I like learning and education, and I think it is really important.
-
I do think that the audience thinks it's funny when you break, but if you do it all the time, it loses something.
-
There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another sentient being.
-
Only lies and evil come from letting people off.
-
The way our government handled the Chibok girls case goes beyond an election matter. This is not a one-time issue we discuss over elections. We need to have a deeper conversation about what kind of a nation we want to be.
-
I just want to show the world it's never too late to get your diploma, and show kids they should stay in school and not wait until you're old to get it.
-
Let's just say that back in the old days, sex was available every two feet. But I never made love to anybody that did not want me to.
-
All i want...is mac and cheese.
-
I came out of drama school thinking I'd do some theatre, maybe some television, and maybe, someday, a film.
-
I don't want to emulate anyone.
