Famous Quotes & Sayings

When a man lacks mental balance in pneumonia he is said to be delirious. When he lacks mental balance without the pneumonia, he is pronounced insane by all smart doctors.

Research has been called good business, a necessity, a gamble, a game. It is none of these - it's a state of mind.

You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage.

A conclusion is the place where you got tired thinking.

A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.

We humans are the greatest of earth's parasites.

Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.

Penelope Lively

Since then, I have just read and read - but, that said, I suppose there is a raft of writers to whom I return again and again, not so much because I want to write like them, even if I were capable of it, but simply for a sort of stylistic shot in the arm.

Penelope Lively

It was a combination of an intense interest in children's literature, which I've always had, and the feeling that I'd just have a go and see if I could do it.

Margaret Drabble

The rare pleasure of being seen for what one is, compensates for the misery of being it.

Ralph Vaughan Williams

No, it's a Bb. It looks wrong and it sounds wrong, but it's right.

Ralph Vaughan Williams

I don't know whether I like it, but it is what I meant.

Ray Winstone

Hollywood don't always pay a lot of money. Because we're English they think we're cheap!

Ricky Gervais

Look, just tell me where that lemon came from and I'll shut up and go away.

With the Genies, you've got this television obstacle where you're essentially going into the marketplace with a lot of movies that haven't done particularly well in English Canada. That's a challenge.

Paul Parker

Feeling a part of that community is my greatest reward.

Paul Parker

We have to be careful about creating more rules.

Paul Parker

There are many skiers who have chosen tele for a more compact, streamlined skiing system.

Paul Parker

Challenging snow is one of my favorite kinds of skiing, and I like being able to switch techniques at liberty.

Paul Gascoigne

Hopefully everybody will just let me get on with my life. I'm going to.

Paul Gascoigne

Well, I did know - but I just wanted the day to pass and the next day to come and then I wanted that one to pass. It was a horrible cycle. I felt so close to having to pack the game in.

Paul Gascoigne

I thought I did well for someone who has been out for 10 or 11 months. Then I was sub against Liverpool and tried to play for the guys and work on my fitness.

Paul Gascoigne

I never predict anything, and I never will.

Philipp Meyer

I didn't fit the typical profile of a trader. I was an English major working on a novel at night. Most everyone else was a maths or economics major; most everyone else had relatives or family in banking.

Minnie Driver

You can never be guaranteed good roles because of an award, but I think your profile and net worth as a performer has to do with awards, unfortunately.

Phil Collen

Every night is a joy; you get an hour and a half of all these hits. It's a lot of fun.

Phil Collen

We'd played for years to half-empty clubs in England.

Peter Hermann

Language patterns solidify at 10, 11, 12, so I was able to learn English fairly easily, with no accent. I didn't do speech or vocal work to get rid of the German accent; I was just lucky.

Ted Haggard

You actually hear what Jesus said in his original language. You hear what Peter said and what Mary said. And that's gripping. And then there were English subtitles in the version that we saw. And so it was amazing.

Robert Sean Leonard

My brother is a policeman; my sister's an English teacher. When I hear what they make versus what I make, it's ridiculous.

Edward Fitzgerald

Who is the Potter, pray, and who the Pot?

Rudyard Kipling

You just don't know how to use the English language.

William Wordsworth

Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.