Christopher Fowler Quotes

By the time I reached the sixth form at my local grammar school, my father would glower at me every time I passed him with a stack of books under my arm, warning me there was no money to go to university.

Christopher Fowler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 26, 1953

Topics

FatherTimeMoneySchoolMeGo

Not only the priceless heritage of our fathers, of our seamen, of our Empire builders is being thrown away in a war that serves no British interests - but our alliance leader Stalin dreams of nothing but the destruction of that heritage of our fathers?

John Amery

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Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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By the work one knows the workman.

Jean de La Fontaine

WorkKnowsWorkman

A revolution only lasts fifteen years, a period which coincides with the effectiveness of a generation.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

RevolutionGenerationYearsOnly

Thanks to evolution, our bodies have powerful ways to ward off illness and infection and enable us to live long and healthy lives. Why, then, do health costs continue to climb at unsustainable and frightening rates?

David Suzuki

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I was in 'Cliffhanger' years ago, so I'm a massive fan of the big event movies - the good ones - but there's a lot of crap that's made in between the good ones. It's just the superhuman films that I can't get my head around. I guess if you're a fan of them, then you love them.

Craig Fairbrass

LoveGoodYouMoviesHeadBig

If you are a writer, Saturday and Sunday don't mean anything.

Clive Cussler

SaturdayYouSundayMeanAnything

Portland is quickly becoming one of those lovely, lush Third World countries where kinda-rich people retire with their money.

Chuck Palahniuk

MoneyPeopleWorldLovelyRetire

Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.

William James

FactsTemperUsAlmostReligious

When we started, there was lots of formalwear made with quality fabrics, but Loro Piana's innovation was to use these in casualwear, too.

Pier Luigi Loro Piana

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I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now; relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I knew they weren't coming after me!

Richard Pryor

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I am not drinking now but I cannot guarantee tomorrow.

Kelly McGillis

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