John Banville Quotes

If I was asked to say what was the greatest invention of human beings, I would say the sentence.

John Banville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: December 8, 1945

Topics

SayHumanInventionGreatestWould

I never want to compromise my act just to get a laugh.

Joe Rogan

CompromiseLaughWantNeverActGet

I remember when the first police scary video thing came out, and you thought, wow, ooh, look at this, come and look, come and look. And now it's on every channel.

Jennifer Saunders

PoliceThoughtRememberYouLook

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

John D. Rockefeller

WorkLeadershipGoodPeopleSuperior

I change the language with which I use my voice. In opera, I know I have an orchestra behind me; I have to communicate to people very far from me.

Andrea Bocelli

ChangePeopleMeVoiceLanguageFar

I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.'

Andy Warhol

ThoughtNameSayMy OwnAlwaysOwn

We might enjoy essays, TED talks, and even Facebook posts bemoaning our dependency on tech, but judging by our enthusiastic adoption of these services, we're all in.

Steven Levy

EnjoyJudgingFacebookTechEven

There is a lot of snobbery towards pop music, to me and pop in general - it's kind of a despised art form.

Robbie Williams

MusicArtMeKindPopGeneral

The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

Robert Benchley

ManPaidWhoWriterPieceWord

I was really good at Latin at school, and because I was good at it, I got more interested and got better at it.

Mary Beard

GoodSchoolBetterMoreGotBecause

I hope people will like my novels after I'm dead. And I hope my children think about me in good ways, by and large.

Clyde Edgerton

GoodHopeChildrenPeopleMeThink

I think I was always a little sponge as a kid, and I was always looking for more information constantly.

Brie Larson

LookingThinkInformationMoreKid

At Kobe, whither I fled from Hong Kong, I took a step of great importance. I cut off my cue, which had been growing all my life.

Sun Yat-sen

LifeGreatStepMy LifeGrowingCut

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