Philip Pullman Quotes

Authors are not a special case, deserving of more sympathy than many other groups. We are a particular case of a general degradation of the quality of life, and we are not going to stop pointing it out, because we speak for many other groups as well.

Philip Pullman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 19, 1946

Topics

LifeQualitySympathySpeakStop

The scariest thing is to go into a new situation for myself, and yet I have a job where I do that every few months, meet a hundred new people, and then have to perform in a very highly pressurized environment.

John Cho

MyselfJobPeopleEnvironmentMeet

While tributes to Americans who had lost their lives in battle had been held in a number of towns across the nation, one of the more well-known stories about the beginnings of Memorial Day is the story about General John Logan.

John Linder

DayStoryBattleLostMoreNation

We need to do whatever we can to defend ourselves against hacking.

Soren Skou

NeedDefendWhateverHackingAgainst

There really isn't a time to pause and have a celebration. I feel so serious about the whole thing.

Story Musgrave

TimeFeelSeriousPauseCelebration

History is admirably dangerous. It is not the soft option. Teachers need to be grown up and brave. Sensitivity is fine, but it stops at the door of honest narrative.

Simon Schama

HistoryBraveDoorDangerousNeed

In the marathon obstacle course of a career, it's just good to have all the stats on paper for why you're not only a team player but also why it makes sense to support you in the projects you want to do - because you've made so much damned money for the studio.

Robert Downey, Jr.

GoodMoneySupportTeamYouCareer

Win or lose, just stay calm.

Mirko Cro Cop

WinCalmWin Or LoseLoseStayJust

To be scrupulously honest, I only met Noel Coward twice in my life, and then briefly, but I heard so much about him at home when I was growing up that I always felt I knew him well.

Michael Korda

LifeHomeGrowing UpMy LifeGrowing

There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science.

Louis Pasteur

ScienceThingsOnlyAppliedSciences

There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion.

Lord Byron

ReligionDoubtTrueSpiritNo Doubt

Politicians wanted to mine the Grand Canyon for zinc and copper, and Theodore Roosevelt said, 'No.'

Douglas Brinkley

Grand CanyonSaidCanyonPoliticians

But no, I love acting, it's a wonderful job.

Donald Sutherland

LoveJobActingWonderfulI Love

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