Dorothy L. Sayers Quotes

Lawyers enjoy a little mystery, you know. Why, if everybody came forward and told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth straight out, we should all retire to the workhouse.

Dorothy L. Sayers

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TruthForwardMysteryEnjoyYouWhy

Whenever I'm in Glasgow I go and stand outside the front of the house I grew up in, which is in Mount Vernon.

John Barrowman

StandHouseGoOutsideUpFront

Because I think every child star suffers through this period because you're not the cute and charming child that you were. You start to grow, and they want to keep you little forever.

Michael Jackson

CuteChildStartThinkGrowYou

I don't know very much about, honestly, about the Middle East, and yet I've played a lot of different people from a lot of different cultures. The thing that I notice is that we're all - there is a core of humanity that travels right through every culture. And, after all, we're all from Africa originally.

Meryl Streep

CulturePeopleHumanityKnowAfrica

It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect.

John Ruskin

TruthArchitectureImportantNoble

I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.

Shirley MacLaine

LifeMyselfPurposeFunThinkPlay

It's something I want to overcome. And my kids are scared to death to fly. I want them to witness me overcome it.

Travis Barker

DeathMeFlyWantOvercomeScared

I look at everything in an artistic way.

Tony Curtis

LookWayEverythingArtistic

I started out in the theater when I was a young actor, so I've always tried to move from one medium to the other.

Tony Shalhoub

YoungActorAlwaysOutStartedMove

I get 'The New Yorker,' and I'm usually about three issues behind. But I do catch up. The problem is that it always seems like homework, but then you start reading it and go, 'Why am I not doing this all the time? These are such great stories!' But, yeah, that stack gets so big and dense.

Jason Jones

GreatTimeStartReadingProblem

Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle, and I stopped!

Joni Mitchell

WordsMoreBarUpHandleStarted

I think what I reacted to so strongly when I first saw 'Pinocchio' was that I identified with the character so strongly. The movie takes you on a whole journey, a rollercoaster of emotions, and that sometimes means some very scary places. But in the end, it comes out okay.

Chris Buck

CharacterJourneyThinkEndYou

I have faith in the judicial system.

Clarence Clemons

FaithSystemJudicialJudicial System

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