Christopher Fowler Quotes

As a child marooned in a post-war South London backwater with no ready cash and a bafflingly dysfunctional family, I had to glean my amusement wherever I could.

Christopher Fowler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FamilyChildReadyLondonWherever

I think I was identified as a failed president because I wasn't re-elected.

Jimmy Carter

ThinkPresidentBecauseI Think

Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice.

Jesse Ventura

KnowledgeLoyaltyPatriotismResult

I took the fear of marriage from my parents' relationship, because I didn't want to end up in a relationship like that, whereas my brothers and sisters learnt a lesson from it and made sure they didn't carry it on into their own marriages.

John Mahoney

MarriageFearRelationshipParents

I don't believe in an afterlife but I still fully expect to see my brother again.

Maurice Sendak

BrotherBelieveSeeExpectAgain

After the 9/11 apocalypse happened in New York City, people, particularly New Yorkers, who breathed in the ash, or saw the results of that, have a tendency to keep seeing echoes and having flashbacks to it.

Stephen King

New YorkPeopleCitySeeingResults

I don't hold any regrets whatsoever about my life besides hurting people I loved.

Sugar Ray Leonard

LifePeopleLovedMy LifeRegrets

The time will come, without my seeking it, that my words will almost serve as law. If I ask a certain thing, it will be done. If I don't want something, it will not be done.

Sun Myung Moon

TimeWordsLawDoneWantWill

When I first heard my song on the radio, I started crying. My baby was out there, and it all became very real.

Sigrid

BabySongFirstRealRadioOut

I tend to plan as I write. And I want to leave myself open and the character open to keep on going until it seems to be the time to stop.

Roddy Doyle

CharacterTimeMyselfPlanStop

Reforms aimed at increasing an economy's flexibility are always hard - and even more so at a time of weak growth - because they require eliminating protections for vested interests in the short term for the sake of greater long-term prosperity.

Michael Spence

GrowthTimeShortProsperityEconomy

I wish I had been more prepared, both for success and for failure, when I was younger.

Molly Ringwald

SuccessFailureWishMoreI Wish

Lil' Kim is my sister, known her for years, and I'll never turn my back on her, but there is enough room for everybody. I want to see everybody get it.

Missy Elliott

SisterEnoughBackWantNeverSee

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