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Stephen Merchant Quotes

Maybe there's a sort of veneer of optimism about U.S. comedy, whereas perhaps in England, we don't mind ending it on a sourer note.

Stephen Merchant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: english
Birth: November 24, 1974

Topics

Optimism Mind Ending Comedy Note

I began writing fiction when I started running out of material in my own life.

Life Writing My Own Out Fiction Own

Maybe someday you can accuse somebody of being a poseur by selling out and playing blues music, but that's just not going to happen in my lifetime.

Music You Selling Blues Happen Out

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Soul World Saying You Alive Know

A characteristic of older folksongs, in most cases, is that we don't know their composers or authors. Older folksongs were written often with no commercial purpose in mind. They were passed down by word of mouth, from generation to generation.

Purpose Mind Generation Mouth Down

Broadband companies can have great success offering access to the unfettered Internet.

Success Great Internet Offering

I think a lot of times when people play superheroes, they stick with this, 'I am a superhero,' but the truth is that we're all human, and that human quality is really important to bring.

Truth Quality I Am People Think

We'll continue to take the right actions to make sure we're a profitable business.

Dennis Muilenburg

Business Right Take Sure Profitable

The new physics provides a modern version of ancient spirituality. In a universe made out of energy, everything is entangled; everything is one.

Energy Universe Physics New Out

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.

Knowledge Power Possessions Excel

We must draw a distinction between understanding and supporting Israel's values and existence, and criticising any Israeli government's policy.

Government Understanding Values Must

We can, for example, be fairly confident that either there will be a world without war or there won't be a world - at least, a world inhabited by creatures other than bacteria and beetles, with some scattering of others.

War World Confident Will Others

The state of Israel must, from time to time, prove clearly that it is strong, and able and willing to use force, in a devastating and highly effective way. If it does not prove this, it will be swallowed up, and perhaps wiped off the face of the earth.

Time Face Strong Earth Prove Way

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