Yann Martel Quotes

Isn't telling about something-using words, English or Japanese-already something of an invention? Isn't just looking upon this world already something of an invention?

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• The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.

  

  Ralph Nader
  • Nobody
  • Some
  • Manufacturing

• I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.

  

  Dan Deacon
  • Writing
  • Ideas
  • Down

• Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.

  

  Daniel De Leon
  • Money
  • Poverty
  • Breeds

• You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.

  

  Vincent Bugliosi
  • Support
  • Always
  • Might

• I love elephants! It's my favorite animal.

  

  Camila Cabello Fifth Harmony
  • Love
  • Animal
  • Favorite

• You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Pride
  • Goofy
  • Embarrass

• I do make a good ragu pasta, which everyone seems to like. Or that could be just me talking; who knows what they really think. I actually stole the recipe from my older sister Vera, who also loves to cook. I took all my recipes from her.

  

  Taissa Farmiga
  • Good
  • Knows
  • Sister

• Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Sometimes
  • Saying
  • Silent

• Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.

  

  Wayne Rooney
  • Time
  • Perfect
  • Best

• What's great about working on a sitcom is that I spend so much time with people who are in other fields as well, such as writing, directing, and/or camera operating. Being on set is like being on a playground. I go from one thing to the next, and I've learned so much and hope to continue learning.

  

  Olivia Holt
  • People
  • Time
  • Great

• The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.

  

  B. C. Forbes
  • Man
  • Chance
  • Luck

• Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.

  

  Carlos Santana Santana
  • Illusions
  • Drop
  • Luggage

• I think I've got some more big plays left in me.

  

  Victor Cruz
  • Think
  • Me
  • Big

• By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Music
  • Country
  • Want

• Everybody feels up sometimes, they feel down sometimes, sometimes they feel sideways, sometimes they feel weird. And the beauty of music is you can express all those different feelings in all the different songs you write. And hopefully, people can identify with those.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • People
  • Up
  • Music

• I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.

  

  Van Morrison
  • Want
  • Rock
  • Seem

• There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.

  

  Zygmunt Bauman
  • Life
  • Happiness
  • Meaningful

• In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.

  

  Irwin Shaw
  • Up
  • Europe
  • Improve

• When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.

  

  Adam Ant Adam and the Ants
  • Death
  • Myself
  • Always

• The difference between 'Watchmen' and a normal comic book is this: With 'Batman's Gotham City,' you are transported to another world where that superhero makes sense; 'Watchmen' comes at it in a different way, it almost superimposes its heroes on your world, which then changes how you view your world through its prism.

  

  Zack Snyder
  • World
  • Different
  • Book

• I don't think many people have met someone like me. I don't think the world gets to see too many women like me, and I enjoy being that woman.

  

  Princess Nokia
  • World
  • Woman
  • Being

• MAC gave me 55 lipsticks to test. These are the same lipsticks I got caught stealing by the police when I was 15. How ironic.

  

  Eddie Izzard
  • Me
  • Police
  • Ironic

• It was all very well, the alethiometer telling her to be truthful, but she knew what would happen if she told the whole truth. She had to tread carefully and just avoid direct lies.

  

  Philip Pullman
  • She
  • Truth
  • Lies

• Isn't telling about something-using words, English or Japanese-already something of an invention? Isn't just looking upon this world already something of an invention?

  

  Yann Martel
  • World
  • Words
  • English