Arthur Smith Quotes

Sky and clouds and trees and little figures relaxing in the perfect rural rhythm of their surroundings: these are the staples of a Gainsborough landscape.

Arthur Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: comedian
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: November 27, 1954

Topics

SkyCloudsTreesLandscapePerfect

My mum said she remembers me asking her if she'd take me to ballet lessons when I was about two and a half. She said I could barely speak, and yet was asking for ballet lessons.

Joanne Froggatt

MeSpeakSaidSheTwoAsking

I loved the High Line when it was just mine, when I was the only person up there, and I had a private park in New York City. I had to make an appointment to see it... I'd walk around. I was all alone.

Joel Sternfeld

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When you're talking about your own music every day, listening to bands, going to festivals, you can kind of lose sight of your initial connection with music. Instrumental music - especially jazz - helps me refocus.

Jenny Lewis

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There are so many versions of Batman that I love so much from different artists that I had to almost stop trying to draw those versions and get past that and just draw the Jeff Lemire version of Batman eventually.

Jeff Lemire

LovePastTryingStopArtistsGet

I just love the Corps. I love the brotherhood, the camaraderie. I thank anyone in uniform who serves their fellow man. I love this country for so many reasons. We have such a great country here, and it's worth defending, and it's worth sacrificing for.

Rob Riggle

LoveGreatManBrotherhoodWorth

I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in a hostile world.

Russell Baker

MyselfPoetryWorldLonelyNewUp

We will never bring peace at the hands of war. As a species we have to rise above it.

Rosie O'Donnell

PeaceWarRise AboveHandsRise

When you feel bad, find a person to talk to and cry with, to tell of your anger and other helpless feelings.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

AngerFeelYouBadFindFeelings

House Republicans continue to vote to repeal health care reform, not only removing guarantees that women aren't charged more than men for coverage, but also assuring the world knows they don't believe women should have control over their own health care decisions.

Brad Schneider

WomenHealthMenControlWorldCare

If your people don't really believe or respect you, if you don't have the moral authority to rule, then your goose is cooked.

Asma Jahangir

RespectPeopleBelieveYouMoral

The Yellowstone river is a beautiful river to navigate.

William Henry Ashley

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I can't understand these chaps who go round American universities explaining how they write poems: It's like going round explaining how you sleep with your wife.

Philip Larkin

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