John Mortimer Quotes

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.

John Mortimer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 21, 1923 - January 16, 2009

Topics

LawCommon SenseNothingNailsClean

PowerPoint makes us stupid.

Jim Mattis

StupidUsPowerPointMakes

Not all Republicans are rich, dress in three-piece suits, and have $200 haircuts. I'm somebody who's lived from paycheck to paycheck. I'm focusing on my blue-collar roots - I've worked side by side with union people.

Joe Wurzelbacher

DressPeopleRootsRichSuitsSide

I eat way too fast.

John Lithgow

FastWayEatToo

Man is in a transition stage; he has 31 pairs of spinal nerves which keys him to the solar month, but the nerves in the so-called cauda-equina - literally horse-tail, at the end of our spinal cord, are still too undeveloped to act as avenues for the spiritual ray of the sun.

Max Heindel

ManSpiritualSunEndTransition

All I have are my instincts. They've never failed me.

Angela Ahrendts

MeNeverInstinctsFailed

Dead at 50. Mike Webster! Nine-time Pro Bowler. Hall of Famer. 'Iron Mike,' legendary Steelers center for fifteen seasons.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

SeasonsDeadIronCenterBowlerPro

An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause.

John Updike

WorldGloryActSeekShareAffair

I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you have costume, story, acting, orchestra.

Stephen Sondheim

BelieveChanceStoryYouActing

I got a chain letter by fax. It's very simple. You just fax a dollar bill to everybody on the list.

Steven Wright

SimpleYouDollarGotJustChain

I love the idea of a woman being able to discover the idea of power this way, on such a scale. And I don't know about that, what it means - well, I guess I'd better, or my part's in trouble.

Mary McDonnell

LovePowerWomanBetterTroubleWay

Most people know that there is this partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft on search.

Ross Levinsohn

PeopleSearchPartnershipKnowMost

The way to Everest is not a Yellow Brick Road.

Jon Krakauer

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