Bill Bryson Quotes

We forget just how painfully dim the world was before electricity. A candle, a good candle, provides barely a hundredth of the illumination of a single 100 watt light bulb.

Bill Bryson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 8, 1951

Topics

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When Yelp first took off, our rankings on Google would fluctuate wildly.

Jeremy Stoppelman

GoogleFirstOffWouldOurTook

I oftentimes find with movies that the heavier the onscreen situation is, the more levity there is off screen. It's almost out of necessity.

Joel Edgerton

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'Complicated' is good, in my opinion.

Andre Braugher

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I pick projects according to how fascinating they are to me, and it has resulted in a broad reach. My records are actually in five different sports: balloons, airplanes, airships, gliders, and sailboats.

Steve Fossett

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My mother, who was professional schoolteacher, was particularly concerned about our formal education and even went so far as to start a private school together with some other parents so that our intellectual needs would be met.

Robert B. Laughlin

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This is the great thing about Northern Ireland. I walk down the street and people stop me and say things like, 'I know you. You're that wee golfer, aren't you?' I say, 'Yeah, that's me.' They say, 'Keep it up, wee man.' It's very funny and that's why I want to stay here as long as possible.

Rory McIlroy

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It all comes down to probable cause: If you think something's up, maybe you gotta take a look.

Ron Livingston

ThinkYouLookDownUpSomething

We have a mentoring and angel investing programme. We are also talking to the government to help create a VC industry.

Romesh Wadhwani

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I knew better, even as a child, than to even attempt to compete with Donald.

Maryanne Trump Barry

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When I'm speaking of love, when I'm speaking of reversing hate, I'm speaking not only of reconciliation - even I don't use that word - I use another word in Spanish, that's called 'reencuentro' - it's not reconciliation.

Michelle Bachelet

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I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.

Lord Mountbatten

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The Mohawks have on all occasions shown their zeal and loyalty to the Great King; yet they have been very badly treated by his people.

Joseph Brant

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