Robin Day Quotes

I'm not against vodka - they just asked us. They put out some story about us entertaining international celebrities with vodka, which of course wasn't true.

Robin Day

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 23, 1923 - August 6, 2000

Topics

StoryTrueOutAgainstEntertaining

We need comedies in the world! We need to laugh, it's all so hard.

Joan Cusack

WorldLaughNeedHardComedies

For a black student to work in southwest Mississippi for example - or in the Delta in 1960, 1961, 1962 - was high-risk work.

John Doar

WorkBlackStudentSouthwestExample

I got a brand new flugelhorn today in this gorgeous case, it's beautiful.

Andrew Dost

TodayBeautifulBrandNewGorgeous

I'm the mold that grunge was grown in.

Townes Van Zandt

GrungeMoldGrown

When I sit down to make a set list I usually think, 'We'll build it up here, take it down here, go into a quiet section here, explode here,' in a way that there's a flow and it doesn't feel like shuffle on an iPod.

Trent Reznor

ThinkFeelDownQuietGoBuild

I cannot forget a conversation that I had with an elderly couple from the tribe. They asked me whether I would kill them after I had finished. When I asked them why they asked that, they replied, Because you white men always do!

Roland Joffe

MenMeYouConversationWhiteWhy

It's O.K. to fail. Just keep putting yourself there. Once I started saying that and really believing that, over time, it just gradually gave me confidence.

Jason Day

ConfidenceTimeYourselfMeSaying

For me, music gives a voice to fashion.

Donatella Versace

MusicMeFashionVoiceGives

I think the truth about male friendship is often left out of the media, and it's that it has a million different shades, because masculinity has a million different forms.

Cole Sprouse

FriendshipTruthThinkMediaShades

My father was a man's man and was always respected for being a straight shooter. My dad always had an amazing sense of calm about him.

Bret Hart

FatherManAmazingCalmHimAlways

Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.

Bono

TodayMeOvercomingYouNeverSee

Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We're standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade.

Bono

FireDeepDownAfricaMoreNeed

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