Mark Haddon Quotes

I really like the idea of being a bit unpredictable. I'm known for being a nice, easy-going person with a straightforward exterior. So I think a bit of me wants to be sort of sly and devious.

Mark Haddon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 26, 1962

Topics

MeThinkPersonNiceUnpredictable

The Government and the Parliament, even the House of Lords, will consent to a large increase of electors; and men who have not considered the subject fully will imagine they have gained much by the concession.

John Bright

MenGovernmentHouseWillConsent

The pond-lily is a star and easily takes the first place among lilies; and the expeditions to her haunts, and the gathering her where she rocks upon the dark, secluded waters of some pool or lakelet, are the crown and summit of the floral expeditions of summer.

John Burroughs

CrownPoolDarkPlaceRocksSummer

Traditionally, marriage is one arena where states have all but plenary power; it took until 1967 for the Supreme Court to tell states they could not prohibit interracial marriage.

Jeff Greenfield

MarriagePowerTellSupreme Court

Even now when I am answering a question I am at the height of my own meditation.

Sri Chinmoy

I AmMeditationNowMy OwnHeight

It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about.

Tom Brokaw

YouJournalismKnowStorytelling

The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people.

Ron Paul

PeopleWorldLibertyMoralProtect

For a thousand years after the Dead Sea Scrolls were written, the Jewish holy scriptures - the five parts of the Torah and 19 other holy books - were copied and passed down in the various Jewish communities from generation to generation.

Ronen Bergman

SeaGenerationDownDeadJewish

I'm trying to talk to my kids in Japanese, because I'm not a pro English speaker. My wife speaks to them in English. That's her first language. I don't want my kids to feel the same as me when I was studying English. It was so frustrating.

Miyavi

WifeMeLanguageFeelTryingWant

My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related.

Loni Anderson

ParentsSmokingUpBothChronicHad

I intimidate a lot of men, because I've done a lot. I'm established. I'm successful.

LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

MenDoneSuccessfulBecauseLot

You've got to be a thermostat rather than a thermometer. A thermostat shapes the climate of opinion; a thermometer just reflects it.

Cornel West

OpinionYouShapesGotJustRather

I actually haven't been approached a whole lot for television, believe it or not.

Claire Danes

BelieveTelevisionWholeBeenLot

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