Arthur Ransome Quotes

When a thing's done, it's done, and if it's not done right, do it differently next time.

Arthur Ransome

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 18, 1884 - June 3, 1967

Topics

TimeDoneRightNextDifferently

Local teenagers killed in a car crash is a suburban legend, a stock plot line.

Stewart O'Nan

CarLegendLineTeenagersPlot

'Singaporeans first' is different from saying 'Singaporeans only.'

Tony Tan

SayingFirstDifferentOnly

Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts.

Robert Fulghum

WordsWillBreakBonesHeartsOur

Before you could actually have face-lifts, they would pull your skin around the back of your head with rubber bands, where they would tape it. And then you'd have to wear a wig over it to hide the rubber bands. It was not the most comfortable.

Rob Lowe

YouBackHideSkinComfortableHead

I often thought that if I had been working with Mark James at American Studios, I would have had a pop hit before I ever moved out of Memphis. But that didn't happen.

Ronnie Milsap

ThoughtAmericanHappenOutMark

I want to attract as many people as I can to listen to my show, and I don't expect everyone to always agree with me.

Mike Gallagher

PeopleMeI CanWantListenAlways

I can do web, comic books, macrame, art.

Joss Whedon

ArtI CanWebBooksComic

A red tie is contrary to the dignity of the tie and of male dress in general.

Joseph Abboud

RedDressDignityTieGeneralMale

The North African mule talks always of his mother's brother, the horse, but never of his father, the donkey, in favor of others supposedly more reputable.

Clifford Geertz

FatherMotherBrotherHorseNever

The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.

Bret Harte

ChangeLuckWillSureOnlyAbout

If software's the only thing in your bag of tools, I'm not going to give you great odds.

Astro Teller

GreatToolsBagYouSoftwareOdds

Fundamentally, all art is about human beings. You're always showing larger moral questions through the smaller moral, philosophical, or political choices through one character in the book.

Philipp Meyer

CharacterArtBookChoicesPolitical

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