Clive James (Vivian Leopold James) Quotes

My idea of a fine wine was one that merely stained your teeth without stripping the enamel.

Clive James

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• The intricacies, the problems, the trials and tribulations in relationships inspire me to give words to people's journeys.

  

  Umera Ahmad
  • People
  • Words
  • Inspire

• I love all kinds of music, and I would write really traditional country songs and songs that were just really out there, that didn't sound country at all, and everything in between.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Music
  • Country
  • Love

• I read in the paper that I'd slashed my wrists. But I didn't.

  

  Gail Porter
  • Read
  • Paper

• There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Failure
  • Difference
  • Between

• Spend enough time around success and failure, and you learn a reverence for possibility.

  

  Dale Dauten
  • Time
  • Success
  • Failure

• Disney's Tomorrowland is deeply, thoroughly, almost furiously unimaginative.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Disney
  • Almost
  • Deeply

• I like to laugh and make people have fun.

  

  R. Kelly
  • People
  • Fun
  • Laugh

• Science does not limit itself merely to what is currently verifiable. But it is interested in questions that are potentially verifiable (or, rather, falsifiable).

  

  Sam Harris
  • Science
  • Questions
  • Limit

• Having this other career in music made me work harder as an actress. It's made me more professional.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • Work
  • Music
  • Career

• Remember, you can always find East by staring directly at the sun.

  

  Nancy Cartwright
  • Remember
  • Sun
  • Find

• I don't think you can climb Mount Everest with a broken leg, but I did break my leg prior to going to Mount Everest, so I was really climbing with a healing broken leg. I had the good fortune of climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. That was a goal that I had.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Good
  • Goal
  • Broken

• I came across humanity in Istanbul, and all I know about life comes from Istanbul, and definitely, I am writing about Istanbul. I also love the city because I live there, it has formed me, and it's me. Of course it is natural. If somebody lived all his life in Delhi, he will write about Delhi.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
  • Life
  • Know
  • Humanity

• Nothing fires me up like losing. It certainly makes you want to go that extra bit.

  

  Nathan Outteridge
  • Want
  • Losing
  • Certainly

• Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • People
  • Live
  • Places

• I didn't act in school. I didn't study acting, either. I learned everything when I got to New York.

  

  Manish Dayal
  • School
  • Study
  • Acting

• Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Like
  • Oppression
  • Dislike

• Stay externally focused - on your customers - and focus internally when you have to hire.

  

  Ram Shriram
  • You
  • Focus
  • Customers

• Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other sex, when they themselves do not require succession, since they are always about to exist?

  

  Lactantius
  • Always
  • Sex
  • Need

• If you are dyslexic, your eyes work fine, your brain works fine, but there is a little short circuit in the wire that goes between the eye and the brain. Reading is not a fluid process.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Work
  • Reading
  • Eyes

• Walla Walla is where I make wine, with Eric Dunham. He and I partnered up on a small project for me. We make pretty good cabernet and syrah.

  

  Kyle MacLachlan
  • Up
  • Good
  • Pretty

• So popular is beer, the world's best-selling alcoholic drink, that it is often taken for granted. Yet scientific analysis shows that a glass of beer has within it as many aromas and flavors as fine wine. Not everyone understands this, but an increasing number of people do.

  

  Michael Jackson
  • Wine
  • Drink
  • Beer

• I told God, 'I don't want a man. I don't want more gold albums. The only thing I want is the love, friendship, and presence of my mother.' And God gave it to me.

  

  La India
  • God
  • Love
  • Mother

• My idea of a fine wine was one that merely stained your teeth without stripping the enamel.

  

  Clive James
  • Wine