Simon Callow Quotes

My mother wanted me to be a teacher. She had this vision of me walking across the quadrangle in an Oxford college wearing my academic gown.

Simon Callow

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 13, 1949

Topics

MotherTeacherVisionCollegeMe

I just want to get back to the point where America has the best of everything.

Jim Inhofe

BestAmericaBackWantEverything

I've been described as a grizzled political veteran.

Joe Klein

PoliticalBeenVeteran

Most of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste; it's been making fun of an idea as opposed to a person.

John Cleese

FunBadPersonTasteBeenIdea

You have to take all the ups and downs that come your way like a pinch of salt. Just leave everything behind. Forgive and forget.

Amruta Khanvilkar

Ups And DownsYouSaltForgetWay

I have pretty thick eyebrows, so I'm really grateful to Brooke Shields, the first time around, and now Cara Delevingne for making that such a thing. For those of us who were born that way, it's kind of nice.

Sophia Bush

TimeGratefulBornNiceKindWay

I didn't know how to dance, so I just jumped up and down and bashed people. Then everybody else started doin' it, but they didn't get it right, so I quit.

Sid Vicious

DancePeopleDownKnowQuitRight

I think theater ought to be theatrical.

Tom Stoppard

ThinkI ThinkTheaterOught

I acknowledge my feeling and gratitude for life by praising the world and whoever made all these things.

Mary Oliver

LifeGratitudeWorldFeelingThings

I'm not a big believer in doing too much research - I think you can get lost in it. You can get constrained by it, which I think is a mistake. But if you've done your homework, the audience feels it.

Jonathan Nolan

MistakeResearchThinkDoingYou

It's very difficult to regulate yourself, and if you learn to do that, well, it starts to spill over.

Jordan Peterson

YourselfLearnYouDifficultOver

There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen - me or Pele. Everyone would say me.

Diego Maradona

BestMeWorldDebateSayEveryone

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.

Denis Diderot

JusticeVirtueFirstObeyWhoThose

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