A lot of science fiction is very accessible and very readable, but a lot of people are justifiably put off by the covers of spaceships – though that never put me off. Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
I think Englishmen or Northern Europeans in general are more naturally attracted to the lute than to the guitar, which always seems Spanish exotic – to our ears. Julian Bream Read Quote
It used to be 65 when you went into retirement. Before that, when you got into your 50s, you were getting older. Davy Jones Read Quote
It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don’t hanker for it. Jane Badler Read Quote
One’s mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do. A. C. Benson Read Quote
Women and children were slaughtered by the Taliban. You are going to sit down and negotiate with these folks? They never lived up to an agreement. The Pakistanis tried in ’08, the Russians tried it when they were there. George Bush tried it in ’05. It has never worked. Mike Rogers Read Quote
I was born with fairly serious scoliosis, and I did not walk at all until I was about two-and-a-half years old. Emil Ferris Read Quote
I became an adult in an extreme way. I was recently sorting some old photographs and I found another. Robert Smith Read Quote
Our Samsung Medical Center has caused too big a pain and worry for the people by failing to prevent the infection and spread of MERS. I bow my head in apology. Jay Y. Lee Read Quote
I consider music like a mirage in the desert. You’re obsessed with the ideal piece of music, and the more you think you’re getting closer, it’s not there. Jean-Michel Jarre Read Quote
