Dorothy L. Sayers Quotes

The people who hanged Christ never, to do them justice, accused him of being a bore - on the contrary, they thought him too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround him with an atmosphere of tedium.

Dorothy L. Sayers

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 13, 1893 - December 17, 1957

Topics

JusticePersonalityPeopleThought

I watched 'Newlyweds' - that was my favorite reality show because I love Jessica Simpson. I'm obsessed with her.

Jessie James Decker

LoveRealityHerBecauseShow

I do fear for the generations of people who came of age thinking that pop-punk is what punk is, and that all the rebellion you need is just to stick your tongue out in the mirror every once in a while.

Jello Biafra

FearAgeMirrorPeopleThinkingYou

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

Alvin Lee

WorldYouGoAnywhereBooksRead

I don't really take vacations because when I'm working, it's usually in a far-flung, exotic place somewhere. But I have a farm in Australia I like to go back to when I'm at home and not working.

Russell Crowe

HomeFarmBackPlaceGoAustralia

We don't sit down and go, 'People are uneasy about the economy. Let's write about that.'

Chester Bennington

PeopleDownGoWriteEconomySit

Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything.

Willie Dixon

WindowYouLookNothingBirthOut

Life is complicated, and art has the right to be complicated, too. I don't like films that simplify.

Pawel Pawlikowski

LifeArtComplicatedRightSimplify

NATO was constructed on the - with the reason, whether one believes it or not, that it was going to defend Western Europe from Russian assault. Once the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union was beginning to collapse, that reason was gone. So, first question: why does NATO exist?

Noam Chomsky

BeginningWallWhyQuestionFirst

Even reading my first bad review was an awesome experience. It was cool because you make something and not everybody's going to like it. I felt like that kind of grew me up a little bit into a professional. I was a student filmmaker, and no one writes reviews about student films.

Ryan Coogler

ExperienceMeCoolReadingYouBad

In the 2004 presidential election, we saw a wonderful example of citizens making contributions. In fact, individual giving to both the Kerry and Bush campaigns was the highest in our nation's history.

Mark Shields

HistoryGivingElectionNationSaw

You have to run 75 to 100 miles a week if you expect to break the four-minute mile.

Kenneth H. Cooper

WeekYouRunMilesBreakExpect

It takes a lot out of you to do a one-hour episodic lead of a show. I don't think actors realize that when they take the job.

Jane Krakowski

JobThinkYouRealizeLeadOut

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