Bill Bryson Quotes

The real problem you get with humour is that you only have so many kinds of jokes within you, and you mine that vein a lot. This isn't just common to me; it's anybody who's funny.

Bill Bryson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Sometimes, I want to make a record that's so schizophrenic and so all over the place, and then other times, I want to make a record that's very coherent and very short and together.

Jim James

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The time of old-fashioned conglomerates is over. They are definitely not going to survive.

Joe Kaeser

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Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.

Andrew Cuomo

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Critics of 'economic sciences' sometimes refer to the development of a 'pseudoscience' of economics, arguing that it uses the trappings of science, like dense mathematics, but only for show.

Robert J. Shiller

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Nothing is as hard as working on a British soap in this industry.

Robert Kazinsky

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Having a child is arguably the most important thing you do in life.

Robert Winston

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Ricky Gervais would have you believe otherwise, but Sacha Baron Cohen is the most successful British comedian in the world.

David Walliams

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My dad is a very determined person.

Chloe Kim

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Whether you do stand-up comedy or write a story, you have a duty to deliver. As a comedian, you walk out on stage, and you have a minute to hook them, or they'll start booing. As a writer, it's very similar. A reader doesn't have time to say, 'I'll give him 50 pages, as it's not very good yet, but I hope it'll get better.'

Mark Billingham

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I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps.

Leon Uris

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My own feeling on the consumer is that he - he or she looks at what it costs them to pay their bills every month as opposed to how much debt they have.

Kenneth Langone

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Being a mom is what life is about. I hope people realize what the priorities in life should be and know not everything has to be perfect.

Kourtney Kardashian

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