John Grierson Quotes

Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself and have never, in any case, regarded the pursuit of happiness as anything other than an aberration of the human spirit.

John Grierson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 26, 1898 - February 19, 1972

Topics

GoodHappinessSchoolPhilosophy

Two days prior to the Herrick operation I repaired a double cleft lip, resected a recurrent cancer of the mouth, corrected lop ears in a child, and closed a burn of the buttocks.

Joe Murray

ChildMouthBurnTwoDaysDouble

'Taxi Driver' was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I didn't become a weirdo and squawk like a chicken.

Jodie Foster

BestMeChickenBecomeTaxiDriver

I was raised Catholic until I was old enough to say no.

John Cusack

EnoughSayOldI Was RaisedRaised

What was so special about the Mac, we all know, was the graphical computer interface.

Megan Smith

KnowSpecialComputerInterfaceMac

I am not good wife material because I'm fiercely independent and like to go off and do my own thing.

Amanda Harlech

GoodWifeI AmGoGood WifeMy Own

In the late '70s, maybe just before I started, there was still an attitude that if you did film you didn't do TV and vice versa, but that's gone now.

Robert Carlyle

AttitudeYouLateNowViceGone

I used to be very shy, much more so than I am now. It's great that I've improved in that regard. Every day, I'm getting better and less... embarrassed.

Roberto Firmino

GreatDayI AmBetterGetting Better

Everyone is so estranged; no one is rooted. That's what I like to write about more than anything else. Everything being so mixed up. Racially mixed up, people moving from place to place, everything shifting.

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

PeopleMovingPlaceMoreWriteUp

My works are Chinese literature, which is part of world literature. They show the life of Chinese people as well as the country's unique culture and folk customs.

Mo Yan

LifeCulturePeopleWorldLiterature

Oh, I love stand-up.

Louis C. K.

LoveOhI LoveStand-Up

I like working with other people but I'm not a songwriter, I'm a producer.

Josh Silver

PeopleProducerWorkingLikeOther

One day in God's grace is equivalent to a thousand days of striving by your own efforts.

Joseph Prince

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