Craig Brown Quotes

People think of waves as going in an orderly crash - whoosh - crash - whoosh, but in fact there are lots of different crashes and whooshes, all at different stages, and all going off at the same time.

Craig Brown

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimePeopleWavesThinkSameGoing

There's men and women out there protecting and serving, doing it the right way, that aren't talked about.

John David Washington

WomenMenDoingWayRightOut

We're wired somehow to want to be part of something bigger. And we quest to understand what our role is.

Robert J. Sawyer

WantUnderstandQuestBiggerRole

Some of the best times in my life happened under the influence of drugs... I'd still be doing it if I could make good judgement calls. I'd still be doing it if I didn't blow up to the size of an aircraft hangar, because it was a great time.

Robbie Williams

LifeGoodGreatTimeBestInfluence

I sat down in 1989 and I made up my mind at that point that I was going to spend the rest of my life assisting women and youth to gain social and political empowerment through business and education. I convinced myself economic empowerment of women was going to be key, especially in a country like this where most women didn't go to school.

Joyce Banda

LifeEducationWomenBusinessMyself

I grew up skateboarding; it was fun. I didn't think about money, I didn't know how much professional skateboarders made. I just knew that if I became a professional skateboarder, I would achieve a lot and get to travel and do these great things.

Jason Lee

GreatMoneyTravelFunThinkKnow

If I had not played basketball and made the millions of dollars that I had made, I would never have been able to build a hospital in Congo. It started in 1997, and 10 years later I was able to unveil the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital, named after my mother, in my hometown outside of Kinshasa. It was such a blessing.

Dikembe Mutombo

MotherBlessingBasketballHometown

I don't know fancy big words, because I didn't have a rich mother who sent her to fancy schools.

Debbie Reynolds

MotherWordsRichKnowFancyBig

As a boy, I was never interested in theater because I came from a working-class Scottish home. I thought, 'I want to do movies.' Then it was finding the means to do it.

Brian Cox

HomeThoughtFindingWantMovies

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

Pierre Corneille

RevengeCrownHatredDisasterTake

If you believe, you believe; if you're faithful, you're faithful. I don't care what your religion is. The same if you're agnostic. That should be accepted, too.

Ridley Scott

ReligionBelieveCareYouFaithful

So many of the indie movies that get made are not about topics that touch millions and millions of people.

Marti Noxon

PeopleMoviesTouchGetMadeMany

I don't believe that the science is settled on man-made climate change. And so - while I live in Colorado - you see where I live. I love the environment. And - and I want to make sure we do everything we can to protect the environment. I don't want government to put artificial standards on us.

Ken Buck

LoveChangeLiveScienceGovernment

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