Craig Brown Quotes

Like Christians, Soccerians argue that you should not judge the essence of their faith by the loopy activities of its followers. But the Beautiful Game is in fact quite the opposite. It is badly designed and riddled with flaws.

Craig Brown

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FaithBeautifulGameJudgeYou

It's pretty amazing to write under any circumstances when someone gives you an assignment to write a song, even if it doesn't get accepted. I've written songs a couple of times, some for Disney, that haven't actually ended up in their films, but then you're left with a song forever.

Jenny Lewis

AmazingSongSomeoneYouWriteUp

I lose my wallet all the time, and I break my phone all the time.

Anderson Cooper

TimeLosePhoneWalletBreak

General David Petraeus was so successful at getting on covers of magazines, having journalists fall in love with him, that in fact he was able to use that power to go around the normal chain of command.

Michael Hastings

LovePowerFallGoHimSuccessful

At the outset, my notion of being a writer was that you would have moments of inspiration and moments of frustration, when you'd crumple up your pages and toss them away. On one side, the dustbin would fill up, and on the other side, pages would rise into a novel.

Tom Rachman

FrustrationMomentsYouRiseSide

I wouldn't go blonde. I'd like to do a darker color - a really dark, dark red.

Lourdes Leon

RedColorBlondeDarkGoLike

You can't cancel my stand-up tours. It's impossible. There's too many separate bosses. There is no 'bosses.'

Louis C. K.

ImpossibleYouBossesCancelMany

There is a class system in acting just like in anything else. Black females fall in a category below black male actors.

Debra Wilson

BlackFallActingClassAnything

For example, a breakthrough in better batteries could supplant hydrogen. Better solar cells could replace or win out in this race to the fuel of the future. Those, I see, as the three big competitors: hydrogen, solar cells and then better batteries.

Bob Inglis

FutureWinBetterThreeRaceSolar

I had a tremendous four seasons there in Denver, and you know, those are four years that I'll always hold very close to my heart.

Brock Osweiler

HeartSeasonsYouKnowAlwaysYears

If Turkish or Moroccan boys misbehave here, it's up to us to re-educate them and, when necessary, to punish them.

Pim Fortuyn

UpHereUsNecessaryPunishThem

The thing is, my dad's always been more of a bookworm; he was interested in more intellectual pursuits, but nobody can escape the passion that football stirs.

Shakira

PassionFootballNobodyEscapeMore

I'm not a party animal; I took my job as Miss USA very seriously... Sometimes, of course, I want to let it all go. Even though I'm a beauty queen, you're also an unofficial ambassador, and there's a lot of pressure.

Rima Fakih

BeautyJobQueenAnimalPressure

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