Henning Mankell Quotes

I can still remember. I was ill, and I was seven, and my father didn't want me to just read children's books. He came with Conan Doyle. I tried, and I liked it. I think the first I read was 'The Sign of the Four'; 'Study in Scarlet' was the next one. Then I guess I stayed home a few extra days from school to read.

Henning Mankell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: swedish
  • Birth: February 3, 1948 - October 5, 2015

Topics

FatherHomeChildrenSchoolMeWant

Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.

Jim DeMint

GoalsWorldCompromiseYouWell

You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn.

John Buchan

ThinkPushYouBackWallEarth

The framers of our constitution had the sagacity to vest in Congress all implied powers: that is, powers necessary and proper to carry into effect all the delegated powers wherever vested.

John C. Calhoun

ConstitutionCongressCarryWherever

When I first joined SAG, there was another John Reilly. My dad was John Reilly, too, but growing up I was John John. Nobody in life calls me John C. It's more like, 'Hey you, Step Brother!'

John C. Reilly

LifeStepBrotherMeGrowing UpYou

I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.

John Major

ThinkPrimeRolePressCourt

I think we're taking a snapshot view of climate change and trying to implement policy based on that snapshot.

Jeff Duncan

ChangeThinkViewTryingPolicy

It's a cyclical thing. When they make one, everyone loves them. Different genres come around in succession. People always welcome the western. It's America's genre.

Robert Duvall

WelcomePeopleAmericaAlwaysCome

I think, some countries, you have to be dead to have your picture on a stamp.

Robbie Robertson

ThinkPictureYouDeadYourStamp

I was not aware of what my dad had accomplished. I grew up with him playing football.

Michelle Carter

FootballHimUpPlayingAwareHad

I prefer playing in the studio because you have much more control over things.

Michael Schenker

ControlYouMoreOverPlayingMuch

I'm not a technology person.

Cote de Pablo

TechnologyPerson

Sometimes someone that is the 'villain' in your life, when you look deeper and you think of what their issues are and why they behave like that and where they came from - they become less of a villain and more of someone that you can understand.

Brooke Elliott

LifeVillainThinkSomeoneYouLook

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Henning Mankell