Craig Brown Quotes

Everyone must know by now that the aim of Scrabble is to gain the moral high ground, the loser being the first player to slam the board shut and upset all the letters over the floor.

Craig Brown

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 23, 1957

Topics

LoserMoralKnowLettersUpsetAim

Death comes at you no matter what you do in this life, and to equate drugs with death is a facile comparison.

Jerry Garcia

LifeDeathYouMatterComparison

Growing up in the hot Last Vegas desert, all I wanted was to be free. I would daydream about traveling the world, living in a place where it snowed, and I would picture all of the stories that I would go on to tell.

Amy Purdy

Growing UpWorldFreeDesertPicture

So I try to re-invent my own eye every time I tackle a new subject. But it's hard, because everybody has style. You can't help it.

Steven Spielberg

TimeStyleEyeHelpYouNew

To attain the rank of grand master of memory, you must be able to perform three seemingly superhuman feats. You have to memorize 1,000 digits in under an hour, the precise order of 10 shuffled decks of playing cards in the same amount of time, and one shuffled deck in less than two minutes. There are 36 grand masters of memory in the world.

Joshua Foer

TimeMemoryWorldYouCardsThree

I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.

Dimebag Darrell

RockMoreSouthernPlayersLikeVan

If you force yourself to smile, within a couple minutes, you feel happy.

Dean Norris

SmileYourselfHappyFeelYouForce

I knew Dave Raymond, who was the original Phillie Phanatic.

Christopher Guest

OriginalWhoKnewRaymondDave

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

Alfred North Whitehead

PhilosophyWonderProduct

If you'll think about various series you've read, can you think of any instance in which, say, the tenth volume of the series is notably better than the first nine? I can't.

Thomas Perry

ThinkBetterYouSayFirstNine

Because I can think rationally, I can think cosmically, and I can think about the world scientifically and poetically and the universe.

Timothy Spall

WorldThinkUniverseI CanBecause

I became more confident within myself and matured as a person and become a little bit more opinionated - maybe the lads might say a little bit too opinionated for their liking but that is just a natural progression for a player.

Kenny Cunningham

MyselfConfidentPersonSayBecome

You can't choose who your brother is. You're born, and whoever is in your family is your family. That's your blood. That's the way it is.

Kevin Owens

FamilyBrotherYouChooseBornWay

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