Anthony Burgess Quotes

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a chain bookstore: 30,000. Books in an average neighborhood branch library: 20,000.

Anthony Burgess

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 25, 1917 - November 22, 1993

Topics

CityLibraryUniversitySystemBooks

The most useful form of time travel would be to go back a year or two and rectify the mistakes we made.

Matt Lucas

TimeMistakesTravelYearBackGo

I used to turn my shoulders pretty level, which a lot of golfers think is correct. But that made my swing too shallow coming into impact, so my contact was picky, especially off the turf.

Matt Kuchar

ThinkImpactSwingTurnShoulders

I haven't forgotten where I came from.

John Salazar

ForgottenWhereI CameCame

Maybe I don't have the most common kind of motor neuron disease, which usually kills in two or three years.

Stephen Hawking

ThreeKindTwoYearsCommonDisease

I thought that I wouldn't be able to make it because I'm a girl, but I think it was just a subconscious feeling. Pretty much every gig I went to was a band with four dudes.

Soccer Mommy

GirlThinkThoughtFeelingBand

I think it's fair to say that there's a lot of conversations between House members and Senate members on a regular basis, and I think that's what our constituents would expect, is to have bicameral conversations throughout the process.

Tom Graves

ThinkProcessHouseSayFairExpect

If you keep making jokes like that, somebody is going to shoot you, father.

Mary Todd Lincoln

FatherYouJokesShootKeepGoing

I like to go rock scrambling.

Moira Kelly

GoRockLike

Your job is never secure as a football player - or coach.

Jason Pierre-Paul

FootballJobNeverCoachYour

I was full of pride when President Obama talked about coding in his last State of the Union address. I was proud when Chicago recently made computer science mandatory as a requirement for graduation. To see this elevate to the level of a bigger conversation is progress.

Reshma Saujani

ScienceProgressGraduationProud

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.

Mother Teresa

TodayFeelingUnwantedBeingDisease

I've never worked in the U.K. television industry, but my guess it that it's a tough world for directors.

Lenny Abrahamson

WorldToughTelevisionNeverGuess

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Anthony Burgess