Cyril Connolly Quotes

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above.

Cyril Connolly

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 10, 1903 - November 26, 1974

Topics

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Washington is Hollywood for ugly people.

Joe Scarborough

UglyPeopleWashingtonHollywood

Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.

John Barrymore

DieSayHimHappenWouldAllow

I sincerely want to help create beauty in the world and move a culture of separateness back towards community. I really, really do, and I think art is a powerful way of doing that.

Andrew Garfield

BeautyCommunityArtCultureWorld

Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.

John Lennon

LoveFlowerLove IsGrowYouKnow

Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war.

John McCain

WarDoubtNecessityUsOnlyMost

It's a sad commentary on our time - to use a phrase much favored by my late father - that people increasingly celebrate Christmas Day by going to the movies.

Michael Dirda

FatherSadTimeDayPeopleLate

It's true that I'm always happy to walk away.

Ana Patricia Botin

WalkHappyTrueAlwaysAway

Me, I'm spiritually retarded, I need to be knee deep in water with a fly rod in my hands, that's about as close to God as I get.

Steve Earle

GodWaterMeFlyDeepHands

Our Nation's immigration laws are disrespected both by those who cross our borders illegally and by the businesses that hire those illegal immigrants.

Steve Israel

ImmigrationImmigrantsBordersNation

It's important not to make Spider-Man masculine because he's a kid. As soon as you make him masculine, it's harder to relate to him if you are younger and are in high school. I definitely was not masculine in high school.

Tom Holland

SchoolHigh SchoolYouImportantKid

For me, if Shakespeare was around today, he'd be writing screenplays - a big Hollywood movie.

Douglas Booth

TodayMeWritingHollywoodBigHe

The queen of crime, Agatha Christie, was always more concerned about the clockwork cleverness of the plot, never the investigator.

Christopher Fowler

QueenCrimeMoreNeverAlwaysPlot

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