Craig Brown Quotes

Like the periwig and the bowler hat, the plus-four and the bow-tie, the blazer is on the way out, and those who persist in wearing it do so with a smattering of self-consciousness, a touch of obstinacy, even a pinch of camp.

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• You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.

  

  Warren Spahn
  • You
  • Just
  • Throw

• Passive violence can be as simple as someone honking their horn at you for not turning fast enough when the light changes. And it can be highly complex, like when your co-worker undermines all of your work relationships by spreading rumors and lies about you. That's how passive violence rolls.

  

  Inga Muscio
  • Work
  • Light
  • Simple

• Art is that which comes to a man, and stands between himself and an implacable witness: the work.

  

  Eduardo Chillida
  • Work
  • Art
  • Man

• If you never know hardship, you can't really support people around you.

  

  Natalia Vodianova
  • People
  • Know
  • Support

• If we're talking about guys who set the tone, you've got to go way back. But if we're talking about guys who made it possible for guys like A.J. Styles, Shawn Michaels kind of opened that door, along with Daniel Bryan.

  

  A.J. Styles
  • Kind
  • Door
  • Talking

• I know now that what countries do at summits has the power to help girls in Pakistan, Nigeria or Afghanistan.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Power
  • Help
  • Know

• Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.

  

  Samuel Beckett
  • Like
  • Silence
  • Word

• We're living in a world where Google beats Gallup.

  

  Nate Silver
  • World
  • Living
  • Google

• When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.

  

  Vince Gill
  • Done
  • Character
  • Said

• Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.

  

  Vin Scully
  • People
  • Up
  • Growing

• I don't keep secrets from my parents, really; it's pretty open.

  

  Sam Rockwell
  • Pretty
  • Parents
  • Open

• I never thought of myself as a comedian. That is a label – make me laugh. I want to make you think.

  

  Bassem Youssef
  • Want
  • Thought
  • Laugh

• I hope by the time I'm 30 to have a husband and maybe a baby.

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
  • Time
  • Hope
  • Husband

• Obviously you have to have rhythm. If you have rhythm, then you can play anything you need. If you have rhythm and you love music, then play and play and play until you get to where you want to get. If you can pay the rent, great. If you can't, then you'd better be having fun.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • Music
  • Fun
  • Play

• You can't jump from little things to big things. It just takes time and patience.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • Time
  • Patience
  • Jump

• In July, 1892, fate suddenly granted me financial independence.

  

  Carl Spitteler
  • Me
  • Financial
  • Fate

• It's hard to connect to these superheroes that are completely out of this world. But Spider-Man is first and foremost Peter Parker, who we can all relate to.

  

  Laura Harrier
  • World
  • First
  • Hard

• Phrenology is the study of the brain or how it operates, you know, the particular components that effect the nerves and the thought process, and the study of the size of the head. We just wanted to tie it into subject matters.

  

  Tariq Trotter
  • Brain
  • Tie
  • Phrenology

• Through faith we are restored to paradise and created anew. We have no need of works in order to be righteous; however, in order to avoid idleness and so that the body might be cared for an disciplined, works are done freely to please God.

  

  Martin Luther
  • God
  • Faith
  • Paradise

• When you have confidence, that's what becomes attractive to other people and makes them want to work with you and spend time with you.

  

  Emmanuelle Chriqui
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

• Well, I'm a painter, I was trained as a painter…I seem to have spent a little less time painting than I might've done…But it didn't transcend the feeling of playing at UFO and those sort of places with the lights and that, the fact that the group was getting bigger and bigger.

  

  Syd Barrett Pink Floyd
  • Playing
  • Painter
  • Lights

• Like the periwig and the bowler hat, the plus-four and the bow-tie, the blazer is on the way out, and those who persist in wearing it do so with a smattering of self-consciousness, a touch of obstinacy, even a pinch of camp.

  

  Craig Brown