Bill Bryson Quotes

You may find that your parents are the most delightful people, but you don't want to live with them.

Bill Bryson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Before I'm a zombie nerd, before I'm a science-fiction nerd, I am a history nerd.

Max Brooks

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I always feel like people in general are much weirder and insane than anybody really wants to admit. How dare somebody watch anything and go, 'That's not real!' Go on the subway. For five minutes.

Max Greenfield

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As publishers focus on blockbusters, they steadily lose interest in little-known authors from other countries.

Stephen Kinzer

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The crowd is a pretty good indicator when it's good, because it's kind of a universal energy that gets passed around.

Tommy Lee

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When you tax capital gains income, you don't help the economy, you hurt the economy, which is why President Kennedy, President Reagan, President Clinton and President Bush all believed we should have a lower rate for capital gains.

Rob Portman

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The United States has an unfair advantage, as most of the popular cloud services, search engines, computer and mobile operating systems or web browsers are made by U.S. companies. When the rest of the world uses the net, they are effectively using U.S.-based services, making them a legal target for U.S. intelligence.

Mikko Hypponen

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During my time in prison, I told myself that I wanted to be a part of the solution and not the problem.

Michael Vick

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We reviewed our process at Greylock and discovered that the best investments are non-obvious enough that they result in a mixed vote by our partnership.

David Sze

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I try to sing many different kinds of songs. If I sing a batch of humorous songs, I'll throw in a deadly serious song. Or if I'm singing too many serious songs, I'll throw in a ridiculous song, to mix it up.

Pete Seeger

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With Netflix, I browse; I watch documentaries about things I'd never dream of, but I think, 'I might as well.'

Ricky Gervais

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A positive impact stems from our admission that we were wrong or our thinking was wrong. 'I'm wrong' are two little words that can help improve our own positive attitude.

Richard M. DeVos

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We live in a world that relies on technology.

James Wan

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