John Boyne Quotes

Unless you're very boring, I think most people who've lived long enough have something in their past which will never go away.

John Boyne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: April 30, 1971

Topics

PastPeopleThinkEnoughLongYou

Dropbox, with its emphasis on good old-fashioned hierarchies, is superb at automatically saving one original of each photo I take, whether shot with a phone or a fancy camera. No loops, no duplicates, no confusion.

Jeffrey Zeldman

GoodCameraPhoneConfusionOriginal

There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.

John Osborne

SuccessFailureWaitingJustThing

When 'Quadrophenia' came out, I turned on to that because of the whole story with it, and there were just some really amazing songs on there. 'Love Reign' being the quintessential song on that record, I think. That was always one of the cornerstones of my temple, that song.

Ann Wilson

LoveAmazingSongStoryThinkOut

In spite of being professionally gregarious, in my nonpaid hours I'm a bit of a hermit. After being around a crew of fifty people for twelve hours a day on a film set, I really like my alone time, and as always, I abhor small talk.

Rob Lowe

AloneTimeDayPeopleSmallTalk

Do you know why we pay trainers and nutritionists? Because having to muster interest in the minor successes of someone else's journey toward pedestrian-ass healthiness is taxing and should be compensated.

Mary H.K. Choi

JourneySomeoneYouKnowWhyPay

We feel unsatisfied until we know ourselves akin even with that greatness which made the spots on which it rested hallowed; and until, by our own lives, and by converse with the thoughts they have bequeathed us, we feel that union and relationship of the spirit which we seek.

Jones Very

RelationshipGreatnessThoughtsFeel

Music - which I could never listen to while writing before I had children - became essential to my process.

Dean Bakopoulos

MusicChildrenWritingProcessNever

Worrying about the poor is one thing. To contend that equality is necessary for growth is an altogether different and more radical idea.

Chrystia Freeland

GrowthEqualityPoorMoreDifferent

If you are going to be serving a living thing, you have to honor that living thing with some kind of care and thought and preparation to rationalize the taking of that life in some way. Where if you're just grinding up hamburger at McDonald's, I see that as a bit of an affront to living things.

Bryan Fuller

LifePreparationThoughtCareHonor

I'm always going to be just me.

William Hung

MeAlwaysGoingJust

I've always felt like the underdog.

Tyron Woodley

UnderdogAlwaysLikeFelt

I love America. I think it's the best country in the world. But I also think we're not tending to our sauce.

Thomas Friedman

LoveBestWorldThinkAmericaSauce

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