I’m basically a writer of ideas, and the English aren’t interested in ideas. The English, I’m afraid, are totally brainless. Colin Wilson Read Quote
It took me a long time to film the plastic bag, and then I had to get the cut of the scene right. But if you find it as beautiful as the character does, then suddenly it becomes a different movie, and so did he as a character. Sam Mendes Read Quote
Washington’s answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The ‘fiscal cliff’ process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation’s so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt. Ron Fournier Read Quote
One thing you have to be very careful on when you work in health care is this: when you make a sweeping change, you can’t wait to see what falls through the cracks. What could fall through the cracks is somebody’s life. You need to move thoughtfully and carefully with a plan incrementally. Jacky Rosen Read Quote
I don’t take modern hip-hop as real. It’s entertaining, it’s fake, like James Bond. Emmanuel Jal Read Quote
Ordinary British people don’t on the whole find it easy to express their feelings, even to those closest to them. Vera Lynn Read Quote
The majority of people don’t even realise I was a tennis player. The older you get, the less people remember what you did before. Sue Barker Read Quote
I was in Ann Arbor, and I was told that this singer-songwriter guy wanted to meet me. It was Kurt Cobain. Nirvana had just made ‘Bleach.’ Kurt interviewed me on a college radio station. It was very strange. He was a fan of mine, and he gave me his album. Bobcat Goldthwait Read Quote
The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you’re writing about. It doesn’t encumber you, it makes you free. A. S. Byatt Read Quote
Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet today’s surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem. Ralph Merkle Read Quote
