Charles Dickens Quotes

Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.

Charles Dickens

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 7, 1812 - June 9, 1870

Topics

YourselfPeopleYouHimTasteMost

Matt Bomer and I went to Carnegie Mellon for drama together.

Joe Manganiello

TogetherDramaCarnegieMatt

I'm somebody who, as a child, had a lot of insecurity about stable housing, where I was going to be living, if I was going to have a roof over my head, all those types of things. And I know the impact it can have on you psychologically and emotionally.

Jewel

ChildInsecurityImpactYouLiving

In the 1990s, from the estates of Scotland came the phenomenon of Irvine Welsh. 'Trainspotting' demanded its place not only in the high ranks of contemporary fiction but as a describer of a Britain that literally and metaphorically was in a deep mess.

Melvyn Bragg

DeepPlaceMessHighFictionOnly

Political commercials encourage the deceptive, the destructive and the degrading.

John O'Toole

PoliticalEncourageDestructive

We've got many different sides of music to us.

John Otto

MusicSidesGotUsDifferentMany

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.

Robert Green Ingersoll

CourageMenDeathThoughtsSpeak

If I see a spider in the flat, I try to get a cup and a piece of paper and throw it out of the window. I can't kill them because they're good for catching flies.

Matt Smith

GoodWindowTrySpiderSeeOut

Politics is like getting a really bad review: a stinker that you know all your friends are reading.

Michael Ignatieff

PoliticsReadingFriendsYouBad

It was Freddie who instilled in us the belief that we had to make people gasp every time.

Roger Taylor

TimePeopleBeliefUsMakeWho

I'm a biographer; I can live with a little hyperbole.

Ron Chernow

LiveI CanLittleHyperbole

Every time I put out music and it goes well, it's a confirmation of your taste and your gut.

Russ

MusicTimeTasteOutGutWell

It's good for me to pull away from something that is just done for effect, which was basically Sue White in 'Green Wing.' In that, it was very much: if in trouble, gurn, or fall down. There was no character background to Sue. You didn't know who she was. She didn't have any toehold in any kind of reality.

Michelle Gomez

GoodCharacterMeGreenRealityYou

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