Richard E. Grant Quotes

My father died prematurely at the age of 52 when I was 24, and it is a recurring regret that he never lived to see me succeed beyond university and drama.

Richard E. Grant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: May 5, 1957

Topics

FatherAgeMeSucceedRegretDrama

There's some evidence that if you're recruiting, you tend to recruit a mini-me. Then you have a very comfortable group round a table. You all think alike. You agree. People are arguing that the banking crisis was because too many of the relevant bodies were thinkalikes, and that if they'd had more diversity, maybe it wouldn't have happened.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

DiversityPeopleThinkYouTable

Fear is that thing that keeps you up there on that other plateau. Fear is that thing that just keeps you closed down, and quite frankly, alone.

Andrew Shue

FearAloneYouDownUpJust

Sometimes I think that novelists suffer from P.C.S.: Perpetual Childhood Syndrome.

Simon Mawer

ChildhoodThinkSometimesSuffer

The first real thing I heard was Three O'Clock Blues by B.B. King. That's where it all began for me.

Robin Trower

KingMeBluesThreeFirstReal

When you have an asteroid threatening Earth, it's uncertain where it's going to hit until the last minute; the decision to take action has to be coordinated by the international community.

Rusty Schweickart

CommunityDecisionActionYouEarth

It's not my business what other people think of me.

Jon Jones

BusinessPeopleMeThinkOther

I think 60 is when many people hit their prime. We elect many of our presidents in their 60s. At that age, people are full of ideas and their best self. I wanted to dig into my potential and bring out my best self.

Diana Nyad

AgeBestPeopleIdeasThinkSelf

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.

Pearl Bailey

SelfEasySinWorstFirstCheat

I got by on talent. That was my fatal mistake.

Pete Maravich

TalentMistakeGotFatal

We're in the midst of an evolution, not a revolution.

James Levine

RevolutionEvolutionMidst

I feel my dad, I still feel his love, and I still love him. I would do anything to have him back, but half the reason that my life is good, has real, true value, is that he died. I would obviously rather have him alive, but he gave me so much in his death.

Gwyneth Paltrow

LifeLoveGoodDeathValueMe

I was training to be an electrician. I suppose I got wired the wrong way round somewhere along the line.

Elvis Presley

TrainingWrongWayLineSomewhere

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