Quotes about british-author
british-author exceptions foreign matters others reading time waste
Why waste time instructing others when you could be reading the manuscripts yourself? The only exceptions are matters of foreign language. Antonia Fraser
british-author five hours minutes ready settle three
Who is ready to settle for five minutes when three hours does nicely? Jackie Collins
british-author extent people remained wondered
I wondered to what extent people remained the same as they'd been when very young; if one peeled back the layers of living one would come to the know child. Dick Francis
british-author enjoyed imagination mysteries relief
I enjoyed writing mysteries out of my imagination as a relief from all that research, and also because I could write them while traveling.
british-author people truth
I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
british-author difficult less life
What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult to each other? T. S. Eliot
british-author foreign gifts humour perish
Humour is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. Virginia Woolf
british-author children remains
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor. Neil Gaiman
british-author foxes interest lives peace sincere
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. George Eliot
british-author consists denying
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
british-author great jokes strain taste
Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
british-author known
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands.
british-author dog fine mine youth
Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one.
british-author submerged truth
Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top.
british-author poems signing wrote
Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.
british-author peace rattling wants
If a nation wants to live in peace with its neighbors, it doesn't keep rattling the saber at them. Howard E. Koch
british-author might
You might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.
british-author craves uneasy
Uneasy lies the head that craves the crown.
british-author unless
My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother?
british-author forget known leave meeting officially six
I will never forget meeting Suu Kyi in Rangoon - now officially known as Yangon - some six years ago, when she was still able to leave her house. Timothy Garton Ash
british-author cautious century taught work
If the 20th century taught us anything, it is to be cautious about the work impossible.
british-author disgrace general heart human interest particular subject totally trifle
The trifle now inscribed with your name. was occasioned by a particular fact; but to the disgrace of human nature, the subject is sufficiently general to interest every heart not totally impenetrable.
british-author england gentleman large lived name western whose
In the western part of England lived a gentleman of large fortune, whose name was Merton.
british-author luxuries poor
We have no right to luxuries while the poor want bread.
british-author lest shame triumph
But let us not too hastily triumph in the shame of Sparta, lest we aggravate our own condemnation.
british-author caught heart heat measure shall tangled violence
Who shall measure the heat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body?
british-author people
The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
british-author crying fields number ought pleased riders saved sell
The bank told us we ought to sell this house to pay off our overdraft. Riders saved the day. I was so pleased when it got to number one, I went all around the fields crying and crying. Jilly Cooper
british-author weight
I've got a book coming out soon so I just must get some weight off.
british-author
I don't like it, but this afternoon I've told myself I am going to go and get a dress.
british-author people
We are privileged. There are poor people out there. We must to do something to make them privileged.
british-author farthest mary subject
After Mary Queen of Scots, I turned to the farthest subject possible: Cromwell.
british-author choice growth human lies principle strongest
The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.