Christopher Fry Quotes

In my plays I want to look at life - at the commonplace of existence-as if we had just turned a corner and run into it for the first time.

Christopher Fry

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: playwright
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 18, 1907 - June 30, 2005

Topics

LifeTimeLookWantRunFirst Time

I'm comfortable with bad news. I feel confident in my ability to solve the problem if I know that there's a problem.

Joe Mantello

ConfidentFeelProblemBadKnow

I've realized that no problem is as hopeless as it first may seem, I've learned how to live day to day and show others how to do the same, and most of all, I've learned how to just be.

Jessie Pavelka

LiveDayProblemHopelessOthers

I can observe the game theory is applied very much in economics. Generally, it would be wise to get into the mathematics as much as seems reasonable because the economists who use more mathematics are somehow more respected than those who use less. That's the trend.

John Forbes Nash, Jr.

MathematicsWiseEconomicsGameMore

I like connecting to places by foot, and I'm interested in experiencing how somewhere like Crieff connects to somewhere like London.

Rory Stewart

PlacesLondonConnectingFootLike

In the issue war in Iraq, it was very clear to me that the policies that were being espoused by neoconservatives were totally devoid of substance - but they marketed it wonderfully.

Joseph C. Wilson

WarMeBeingClearSubstanceVery

I want people to know when I'm taking care of them I'll give it all that I've got.

Debi Thomas

PeopleCareKnowWantGotGive

The things kids can do on screens can be really delightful - if they are age appropriate. But no, they shouldn't spend all their time on a screen; they should split up their time doing multiple, different things.

Clive Thompson

AgeTimeDoingUpThingsDifferent

A solid foundation in genetics is increasingly important for everyone.

Anne Wojcicki

FoundationSolid FoundationImportant

What kind of town do we want in the future, and how are we going to plan on that?

Peter Berg

FuturePlanWantKindGoingHow

The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy.

Paul Wellstone

DemocracyHypocrisyMoralComeBeen

There's not a lot of good movies being made.

Sean Penn

GoodMoviesBeingMadeGood Movies

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.

Thomas Jefferson

PeopleControlSocietyThinkEnough

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