Stephen Bayley Quotes

In an age robbed of religious symbols, going to the shops replaces going to the church. We have a free choice, but at a price. We can win experience, but never achieve innocence. Marx knew that the epic activities of the modern world involve not lance and sword but dry goods.

Stephen Bayley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 13, 1951

Topics

AgeExperienceWinWorldFreeSword

I enjoy writing about people falling in love, probably because I think the first time you fall in love is the first time that you have to figure out how you're going to orient your life. What are you going to value? What's going to be most important to you? And I think that's really interesting to write about.

John Green

LifeLoveTimeLove IsValuePeople

'Hamlet' is a play about a man whose grief is deemed unseemly.

Meghan O'Rourke

GriefManPlayWhoseAboutHamlet

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.

John Paul Jones

SailShipWishConnectionFastGo

There's nothing worse than walking around and talking about your failed relationship, all day, every day, for months on end.

Max Greenfield

RelationshipDayEndWalkingTalking

The direct investment of Japanese businesses to East Asian economies accelerates the reallocation of their production bases. Consequently, between Japan and the other East Asian countries, both exports and imports are growing substantially.

Toshihiko Fukui

GrowingInvestmentAsianProduction

I know how people are. We fixate on controversy and all that.

Tracy Morgan

PeopleKnowControversyHow

For all you Joe Besser haters who claim that he was the worst Stooge, that's not true - Curly Joe DeRita was the worst stooge. Joe Besser was the second worst.

Matt Besser

HatersYouTrueCurlyWorstClaim

The great thing about university is that they incline you to get up and do it, from the Classics to modern plays, to the humor that Monty Pythons made popular.

Michael York

GreatHumorYouUniversityUpGet

Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.

Joshua L. Liebman

MaturityValuesPersonLong-Term

I can only speak for myself, but you never set out to be funny. You just set out to play the scenes real, and hopefully the funny comes.

Jason Jones

FunnyMyselfSpeakYouI CanPlay

Why resist temptation? There will always be more.

Don Herold

TemptationWhyWillMoreAlways

If you don't like me, life goes on, you know what I mean? But I hope you do like me. Because I think that in addition to being pushy, I'm nice.

Christine Quinn

LifeHopeMeThinkYouNice

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