Chris Riddell Quotes

Go out and find a copy of 'The Shrinking Of Treehorn' and its sequel, 'Treehorn's Treasure.' Written by Florence Parry Heide and illustrated by the great Edward Gorey, master of the gothic and the macabre, these books are small masterpieces.

Chris Riddell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 13, 1962

Topics

GreatSmallFindTreasureCopyGo

The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined.

John Bruton

WorldCanadaMoreJapanThanAround

Never, ever wear three-quarter length trousers. Even in the summer.

Andrew Scott

SummerNeverWearEvenTrousers

These days young kids don't have any place to form an epic adventure. It's more often in front of the TV screen or a laptop. That's very hard on them. They're being taught daily unsocial skills. Facebook is an unsocial skill. It's so sad.

John Lydon

DailySadAdventurePlaceSkill

What's the point of our life? Everything seems absurd until we die, and then it makes sense.

Maurizio Cattelan

LifeDieEverythingPointSenseOur

There are a lot of bands and performers whose careers are permanently derailed by spectacularly bad management.

Amanda Marshall

ManagementBadWhosePerformersLot

If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.

Alphonse Karr

WomenMenThinkMoreTwentyWould

Everything in L.A. is - it's just an easy place to live in. The houses are nice, the backyards are nice, you got the ocean right there and the mountains behind you; there's an idealised easiness to the way you live and the whole environment.

Spike Jonze

LiveOceanMountainsEnvironmentYou

I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.

Steven Wright

MirrorMeLuckLawyerLegalBad

After I had my kids, I realized it's pretty much all about instinct - you have to do what's right for you. Everyone has an opinion, but it was all about what you do or don't do. I was so overloaded, so I let my children dictate the way things were supposed to go, and things fell into place.

Tori Spelling

ChildrenOpinionYouPlaceGoWay

Because of the increase in life longevity, America can now assume that at any given time three, and perhaps four, former presidents will still be alive, even when the current president is occupying the White House.

Tony Campolo

LifeTimeAmericaHouseWhiteAlive

I was 29 and I really fell in love, I think, for the first time. I was vulnerable in a way I didn't think I could be.

Rosie O'Donnell

LoveTimeThinkWayFirst Time

In this business, you can't get too attached to something.

Rotimi

BusinessYouSomethingGetAttached

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