When I got drafted, I was a spread-option quarterback. It was, ‘OK, you’ve got to get under center, throw to the fullback, throw to the tight end. You’ve got to learn to be a pro quarterback.’ And there was a learning curve there, and I did have to learn some of that. Alex Smith Read Quote
All political careers end in failure, but few did it so quickly as David Cameron’s. He came to power promising not to ‘bang on about Europe’ and ended up having the continent’s name chiselled into the lid of his political coffin. David Hepworth Read Quote
I spent over ten years in the Central Intelligence Agency as an undercover operations officer serving overseas after 9/11 where I carried out covert operations against al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups, as well as other countries who are ‘hostile to liberty,’ as I like to say. Evan McMullin Read Quote
The manager of a team is like a stagecoach, he can’t move unless he has the horses. Pete Rose Read Quote
There were times I was underestimated a lot. It gave me a unique benefit. The expectations were so low I could blow their head off. Elaine Welteroth Read Quote
Any narrative, whether it’s fiction or not, you have to approach it as though it really happened to you. I think that’s the only way to get inside the characters and make the narrative work. It’s a storytelling tradition, and I think to come off as genuine then you have to really approach it that way. Jason Isbell Read Quote
That’s kind of the weird thing that M. Night Shyamalan has sort of unleashed upon the world is this need for every movie to have these ridiculous endings. Alex Winter Read Quote
In truth, my Anglophilia is fundamentally bookish: I yearn for one of those country house libraries, lined on three walls with mahogany bookshelves, their serried splendor interrupted only by enough space to display, above the fireplace, a pair of crossed swords or sculling oars and perhaps a portrait of some great English worthy. Michael Dirda Read Quote
