Arthur Machen Quotes

If a man dreams that he has committed a sin before which the sun hid his face, it is often safe to conjecture that, in sheer forgetfulness, he wore a red tie, or brown boots with evening dress.

Arthur Machen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: welsh
  • Birth: March 3, 1863 - December 15, 1947

Topics

DreamsManRedDressSunFace

I remember thinking, 'Downward dog' is so not a resting pose!' Now it actually can be.

Jennifer Nettles

DogThinkingRememberNowResting

No, no, no. Your accent is so beautiful.

Maya Rudolph

BeautifulYourAccent

It's either feast or famine, and that's the way it's been for as long as I can remember. I've spent my whole career thinking I'll never work again. Every actor lives with that insecurity. You just have to negotiate the rapids as they come.

Amanda Donohoe

WorkInsecurityThinkingRemember

I've got lots of favourite authors, but I would say Nicci French because I look more forward to reading her next new book than any other author.

Sophie Hannah

BookReadingForwardLookNewSay

People don't say 'Zounds!' anymore.

Sloan Wilson

PeopleSayAnymore

People are constantly not feeling, but numbing themselves, either through medication or playing on their phones. If you start feeling bad, it's like, 'Distract! Distract! Put on Storage Wars!' And I know because I'm guilty of it, too.

Mary Lambert

PeopleStartYouBadGuiltyKnow

We understand tornadoes scientifically, but it still feels supernatural. The randomness makes it feel supernatural.

Michael Koryta

FeelUnderstandRandomnessStill

I don't write just to be clever. But sometimes I do. And if you don't have an understanding of the language, then the way in which it's bent doesn't actually register. It's the old you-gotta-paint-like-them-before-you-can-paint-like-you thing.

Joss Whedon

LanguageUnderstandingYouSometimes

We observe that in the scriptures, fasting almost always is linked with prayer. Without prayer, fasting is not complete fasting; it's simply going hungry.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

PrayerFastingAlwaysHungryWithout

I used to think it was hard to write, and I still find the process more or less unpleasant, but if I know what I'm doing it rattles along, then the rewrite whips it into shape rather quickly.

Jonathan Franzen

ThinkProcessDoingFindKnowWrite

Wherever I went, I became a son-in-law. It was a terrible phase for me. I had to work double hard to get back my identity. Whenever I gave an interview, the first question would invariably be, 'What is it like to be his son-in-law?' Now that question comes somewhere in the middle of the interview. Hopefully, soon, it won't be asked at all.

Dhanush

WorkIdentityMeBackNowFirst

For me, it's just about keeping the standards up. We're a small country, so we have to punch above our weight. I'm not a great man for doing something just because it's Irish, and you never know what's going to work. But as long as we keep the standards up, people will continue to invest in films. It's as simple as that.

Brendan Gleeson

WorkGreatSimpleManPeopleMe

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