Craig Brown Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
-
You have to be yourself.
-
We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
-
Today, the scope for variety has shrunk drastically. There are only a handful of topnotch composers like A. R. Rahman, Anu Malik, Jatin-Lalit... that's it.
-
The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
-
At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.
-
What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
-
If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.
-
You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
-
It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
-
Working with Sturges was like working with a guy who wanted to have a party all the time. He was very serious about his work, but in between shots, he was fun and we would play games.
-
We owe it to American taxpayers to make sure that contracts intended for small businesses go to small businesses.
-
No actor who's any good can say truthfully to themselves, 'Yeah, I'm good; I've got this sorted.'
-
The Latin musical tradition is very rich and gives the singer a lot of freedom to explore a range of.
-
It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
-
Facebook is made up of people you've met, but not necessarily who are similar to you. I have 850 'friends,' and a lot are acquaintances, not friends. I don't really know them. If I've met someone one time, how should they be influencing my feed?
-
I dropped chemistry. I practically blew up the lab in college.
-
The Breton peasant is said to have a hard head. He is obstinate and resists outside pressure to alter his creed or his customs.
-
Formula One has been the backdrop of my life.
-
As a producer, sitting on the other side of the desk, I have never once had an agent go out on a limb for his client and fight for him. I've never heard one say, 'No, just a minute! This is the actor you should use.' They will always say, 'You don't like him? I've got somebody else.' They're totally spineless.
-
The word book acted as a transient stimulus...
-
By the way, I understand that now you can have the Times delivered to your door here in the Twin Cities.
-
I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
-
Men know something that women don't know. Never ask directions of a stranger.
