Cyril Connolly Quotes

The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven.

Cyril Connolly

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeMoreOutGetWhoThan

My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace.

Maureen O'Hara

PeaceMeHeritageBeenGrounding

I love being around kids. I couldn't figure out why all these 70-year-olds wanted to hang out with me when I was 27. Now I understand, and I'm trying to steal their energy from them like they stole from me at the time.

Stanley Druckenmiller

LoveTimeMeEnergyTryingWhy

I think the job of the first single is kind of like being a diplomat for a country.

St. Lucia

JobThinkCountryKindFirstSingle

I find it easy to dress other women, but when it comes to myself, I find it very difficult. I used to have no particular interest in clothes. Now I enjoy it more and pay much more care and attention. But I do get it wrong lots of times, and I'm like every other woman: learning from experience.

Trinny Woodall

LearningWomenMyselfExperience

The nuclear deal with Iran is fundamentally flawed.

Tom Cotton

DealIranNuclearFlawed

My wife keeps on telling me my worst fault is that I keep things to myself and appear relaxed. But I am really in a room in my own head and not hearing a thing anyone is saying.

Tom Hanks

MyselfWifeI AmMeSayingMy Own

The relentless invisible storm of radio signals and electronic particles, the hustle and bustle, and the billions of petrol explosions in the engine blocks of trucks and cars seem to churn up the molecules of life and heaven so violently that the beautiful fogs are unable to hold together like they once did.

Michael Leunig

LifeBeautifulTogetherStormHustle

Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know.

Milos Forman

HumorMeSurviveYouKnowImportant

It distresses me when I take my seven-year-old nephew out. I cook healthy food, and he wants to go to McDonald's. He doesn't even like the food; he just wants the toys, the Happy Meals. I can't stand to see people walking down the street eating fast food.

Julia Sawalha

FoodHappyPeopleMeEatingStand

My first in, my first break, was I met a director and got to talking with her, and she happened to be casting this movie that she had written. That was ten years ago. That got me to Hollywood. I got paid $700 bucks.

Chris Pratt

MeTalkingHollywoodSheFirstHer

The most colorful section of a bookstore is the display of SF books, with art by people like Wayne Barlow, who is a terrific artist.

Bruce Boxleitner

ArtPeopleArtistColorfulBooks

Prostration is our natural position. A worm-like movement from a spot of sunlight to a spot of shade, and back, is the type of movement that is natural to men.

Wyndham Lewis

MenBackSunlightMovementShade

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