Craig Brown Quotes

In real life, nothing would be more tedious than trailing around after two strangers as they went house-hunting in Hertfordshire. But for some reason, television is more compelling than real life.

Craig Brown

Quotes to Explore

I like to wear shoes that are cool but also practical. The same goes for bags. Your bag is a big deal in New York. You can't just carry around a little clutch, because you don't have a car or anywhere to stash things during the day, so you need to carry your whole life with you. That's why I like big, chunky bags with lots of compartments.

Zoe Kravitz
- Life
- Why
- Day
Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.

Camilla Lackberg
- Writing
- Why
- Fire
It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away.

Saad Hariri
- People
- Fall
- Easy
In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.

B. Carroll Reece
- Live
- Grow
- Old-fashioned
Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.

Ralph Marston
When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.

Madeleine L'Engle
- Up
- Children
- Grow