Arthur Smith Quotes

Travel books are, by and large, boring. They lodge uncomfortably between fact, fiction and autobiography.

Arthur Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TravelBoringFictionAutobiography

My mom was as brilliant a cook as my dad is.

Andrew Zimmern

MomBrilliantCookDad

We all struggle with our failure to communicate and our failure to reach beyond fear to love people.

Mira Sorvino

LoveFailureFearStrugglePeople

What I really had was stories, the oral traditions of my parents. We moved so much that that was really our encyclopedia. A dream world told to me from my parents in the living room.

Juan Felipe Herrera

ParentsMeWorldDreamLivingRoom

In the 45 years I've worked in casinos, I dreamed of being honored by an organization like the American Gaming Association, especially since I don't even have a hunting license.

Don Rickles

OrganizationAmericanGamingHunting

Every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar.

Douglas Coupland

DayProblemYouHumanSeeUp

Ever since Newton, we've done science by taking things apart to see how they work. What the computer enables us to do is to put things together to see how they work: we're now synthesized rather than analysed. I find one of the most enthralling aspects of computers is limitless communication.

Douglas Adams

WorkCommunicationScienceTogether

I have a theory that women are generally given space and appointed to jobs when the situation is tough. I've observed that in many instances. In times of crisis, women eventually are called upon to sort out the mess, face the difficult issues and be completely focused on restoring the situation.

Christine Lagarde

WomenSpaceToughFaceSituation

Doing 40-minute track sessions is easy money compared to what we were doing on the Tour. What you used to think was hard now feels like a walk in the park.

Bradley Wiggins

MoneyWalkThinkDoingEasyYou

Voters want conflicting things. They want a lot of government spending, but they don't want higher taxes.

Bruce Rauner

GovernmentWantTaxesThingsHigher

It's no secret I'm a shy person.

Britney Spears

PersonShySecretShy Person

As a young man, you're dazzled by the power of the White House and all that. But power tends to corrupt.

Antonin Scalia

PowerManYouHouseWhiteYoung

Writing in a strict form can surprise you.

Anne Stevenson

WritingSurpriseYouStrictForm

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