Jonathan Dimbleby Quotes

Anyone who thinks that you become a journalist or broadcaster in order to be a wallflower needs to think again.

Jonathan Dimbleby

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: July 31, 1944

Topics

ThinkYouBecomeOrderWhoAgain

Effective altruism is a philosophy and social movement which tries to work out the most effective ways to improve the world. Effective altruists - conform to old-school utilitarian principles - consider all causes and actions, and then act in the way that they believe brings about the greatest positive impact.

Jens Martin Skibsted

PositiveWorkWorldBelieveImpact

I never wanted to be a performer. I suppose I was precocious, really.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

NeverWantedReallyPerformer

I like people who are devoted to me: men who know I'm the most fabulous thing in the world, and they just look at me with adoration. That's how my dad looked at my mom, and that's how I expected to be looked at.

Angela Bowie

MenPeopleMeMomWorldLook

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

Jean-Claude Duvalier

ProcessDemocraticWhoInitiated

Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control.

Michael Bloomberg

PowerControlNobodyGoingDelegate

We now have poured in an enormous amount of resources into cancer. The National Cancer Institute Project, you know, runs about $5 billion a year. That's a large amount of money, but let's not be grandiose about the amount of money we're actually spending on a problem that is attacking us at the most fundamental level of the human species.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

MoneyProblemYearYouKnowNow

As a female pilot, the sacred rose garden in my heart is the motherland's blue sky.

Liu Yang

HeartSkyBlueRoseGardenPilot

I compose most of my tweets with care, as if they were aphorisms - they are not usually dashed-off. Sometimes I'm surprised by the high, poetic quality of Twitter - it lends itself to a surreal sort of self-expression.

Joyce Carol Oates

QualityCareSometimesHighMost

I'd encourage anyone at any level to take lessons, as it really can turn you into a different kind of skier.

Dean Cain

YouKindTurnTakeLevelDifferent

My actual passion is getting things done.

Cheryl Mills

PassionDoneThingsGettingActual

I scouted all the girls at Wimbledon. I wasn't impressed.

Bobby Riggs

ImpressedWimbledon

While I can't walk on water, I can certainly wobble on whisky.

Ashwin Sanghi

WaterWalkI CanWhiskyWhile

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