Simon Winchester Quotes

All of those broken bones in northern Japan, all of those broken lives and those broken homes prompt us to remember what in calmer times we are invariably minded to forget: the most stern and chilling of mantras, which holds, quite simply, that mankind inhabits this earth subject to geological consent - which can be withdrawn at any time.

Simon Winchester

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 28, 1944

Topics

TimeBrokenRememberEarthForget

There's shorthand that happens when you work with someone you know where you can almost finish each other's sentences. There's just a certain back and forth that becomes much easier with someone you've worked with for so long.

Joe Lo Truglio

WorkSomeoneLongYouBackKnow

When I decide to do something, I stick with it, total commitment.

Joaquin Phoenix

CommitmentDecideStickSomething

Prospering just doesn't have to do with money.

Joel Osteen

SuccessMoneyJustProspering

Every stage of life longs for others. When one is young and eager, one aspires to maturity, and everyone older would like nothing better than to be young.

Andrew Solomon

LifeMaturityBetterYoungNothing

Disney, who brought joy, arguably, to billions of people, was, perhaps, or had some... racist proclivities. He formed and supported an anti-Semitic industry lobby. And he was certainly, on the evidence of his company's policies, a gender bigot.

Meryl Streep

JoyPeopleGenderCompanyEvidence

Always do something that requires you and your date to talk.

Steven Hill

YouTalkAlwaysSomethingDateYour

I just can't get excited about money as a motivation in a film. It leaves me cold.

Simon Beaufoy

MoneyMeColdMotivationExcited

Clouds and darkness surround us, yet Heaven is just, and the day of triumph will surely come, when justice and truth will be vindicated.

Mary Todd Lincoln

TruthJusticeDayDarknessClouds

If Congress is unable to do its job and pass a federal budget, then I do not believe we should receive a salary.

David Valadao

JobBelieveBudgetCongressSalary

I had no idea how to make it as an actor. But I knew I wanted to.

David Walton

ActorMakeIdeaNo IdeaKnewHow

I've never seen a world where only men were responsible for the violence, and the women were innocent. They go together. Men and women are a violent mixture.

Claire Denis

WomenMenTogetherWorldViolence

I do not want to ask people to go consume something unless I think it is important in some way.

Allison Williams

PeopleThinkGoImportantWantWay

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