John Surtees Quotes

I left with nothing and needing to begin a new career.

John Surtees

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 11, 1934

Topics

CareerNewNothingBeginLeft

It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a blunder, though, and is punished as such. A poor man is despised the whole world over.

Jerome K. Jerome

MenManWorldEnoughPovertyEasy

It's always been a dream of mine to be in a Woody Allen comedy.

Jennifer Carpenter

ComedyDreamAlwaysMineBeenWoody

I didn't do so well in the academic world, so I think the only way I could express myself was through visual art - anything I could get my hands on, whether it was glassblowing, sculpture, painting, or photography. I always wanted to be a painter. Or a farmer.

Steven Klein

ArtMyselfPaintingWorldThinkWay

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.

Robert Benchley

BackDyingOperaGuyWhereHe

I was completely shocked that Prince would even know my name.

Rita Ora

NameKnowWouldPrinceEvenShocked

The number of people, the labor force, has shrunk by nine million human beings since Obama took office.

Rush Limbaugh

PeopleLaborHumanOfficeForce

If you live in the States, you see the windmill signal on your smartphone all the time. It's like living in Beijing air. You have to remember the blue sky.

Masayoshi Son

LiveTimeSkyBlueRememberYou

I don't come from a Hollywood family. I don't have Hollywood friends. I didn't have any connections.

Michaela Watkins

FamilyConnectionsFriendsHollywood

After the Versailles treaty, the U.S. could have chosen to become a global economic loan shark, but we didn't, and let a lot of the tab slide. So not all lending and borrowing is bad.

Louis Navellier

BadLoanBecomeSharkEconomic

We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.

Loretta Lynn

GoMeanOverCornAnythingUsed

If you have enthusiasm, you have a very dynamic, effective companion to travel with you on the road to Somewhere.

Loretta Young

TravelRoadEnthusiasmYouCompanion

Gauchos are like cowboys in the United States.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

UnitedLikeUnited StatesCowboys

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