Diana Wynne Jones Quotes

Mainly as sort of blueprints for dealing with most of the adults in their lives, to some extent with their fellows. It is this notion of aiming high and there's always hope, aim low and you might as well stop now.

Diana Wynne Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 16, 1934 - March 26, 2011

Topics

HopeYouStopNowAimHigh

Sadly, my hobby is what I do for work, so I don't go off and go fishing. I go home and veg, and then I go back to work.

Andrew Stanton

WorkHomeFishingHobbyBackGo

When I first started in the industry, there were - this is prior to the era of computer graphics and all these digital tools - there were some pretty rigid, technologically imposed limitations about how you shoot things, because if you didn't shoot 'em the right way, you couldn't make the shot work.

John Knoll

WorkToolsYouWayDigitalRight

The only actual solution is the eventual collapse and demise of civilization... I think it needs to happen, but no one, not even me, really wants it to happen.

Andy Hurley

MeThinkSolutionCivilizationOnly

I'm cooking 42 years, and I didn't know bananas are good for my brain.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

GoodCookingBrainKnowYears

I was able to use credit default swaps to protect not only my investments but the hundreds of jobs that exist because of my investment. I understand the dangers of credit default swaps and the benefits of credit default swaps.

Jeff Greene

CreditInvestmentUnderstandProtect

Internet-centric companies have already begun changing the rules with binge-watching, flexible running times, fewer commercials, and crowd-sourced content. The brainpower - and just plain power - of the most valued tech firms will change things even more.

Steven Levy

ChangePowerRulesFlexibleWill

Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would induce me to read, let alone make notes on, hundreds and hundreds of very, very, very boring books.

Simon Raven

AloneMeScholarshipBoringNothing

At its core, the FCC's plan to regulate the Internet will force businesses and people to check first with the government and get permission to innovate.

Mary Bono

GovernmentPeopleInternetPlanWill

I am kept awake by the list of possibilities for shooting more photos and deciding what I must prioritise next.

Martin Parr

I AmPossibilitiesMoreShootingAm

My kids mean more to me than anything I thought was important when I was younger.

Dolores O'Riordan

MeThoughtImportantMoreMeanKids

Kissing - and I mean like, yummy, smacking kissing - is the most delicious, most beautiful and passionate thing that two people can do, bar none. Better than sex, hands down.

Drew Barrymore

BeautifulPeopleBetterHandsSex

Years and years ago, I did a game based on 'Hitchhiker's Guide' with a company called Infocom, which was a great company. They were doing witty, intelligent, literate games based on text.

Douglas Adams

GreatGameDoingGamesIntelligent

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