John Niven Quotes

I love being a writer. I have a great life. I get up in the morning and pad around in my dressing gown and listen to Radio 4.

John Niven

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LifeLoveMorningGreatRadioUp

I started in this racket in the early '70s, and when I was president of the Science Fiction Writers of America, of which I was like the sixth president, I was the first one nobody ever heard of.

Jerry Pournelle

ScienceAmericaEarlyNobodyFirst

I put $5 million into the real-estate business when the world was coming to an end, and three years later, by 1980, I woke up and was worth a hundred. That's a lot of money back then.

John Catsimatidis

BusinessMoneyWorldEndWorthBack

To me, football is very personal. Even as a kid, I looked at football in dramaturgical terms. It wasn't the score that interested me, it was the struggle.

Steve Sabol

StruggleFootballMePersonalKid

I'd rather not get into what I'm talking about lyrically. I think it's impossible not to demystify a song when saying what it's about. Music and art can be damaged severely by too much information; I say that as somebody that has participated in that.

Trent Reznor

MusicArtSongSayingImpossible

Anyone driving great social change, willingly or not, is going to be a fascinating contradictory mix of idealism and ego.

Riz Ahmed

ChangeGreatEgoDrivingGoingMix

I always had a fetish for fighting big peoples. My dad put me in the ring with much bigger guys. In my first fight, I gave the guy a 14-pound advantage.

Roy Jones Jr.

FightMeFightingRingFirstAlways

Our personal intelligence is everlasting and divine.

Russell M. Nelson

IntelligencePersonalDivineOur

She didn't break his heart, but I feel like a man is supposed to be a man, he ain't supposed to be all involved in that. That's why she got sisters and friend for. Just show up with the ring and act right.

Mike Epps

FriendHeartManFeelRingWhy

I'm not eager to jump into marriage again. I'm in the corner right now, wearing my dunce cap. That area is obviously a nightmare.

Lisa Marie Presley

MarriageJumpNowCapRightCorner

In life, I'd much rather have people laughing at me than booing me.

Josh Peck

LifePeopleMeLaughingRatherThan

I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

LifeOpportunityLearnThanksgiving

There are a lot of theories about Shakespeare.

Christina Ricci

ShakespeareAboutLotTheories

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