Bill Bryson Quotes

England was full of words I'd never heard before - streaky bacon, short back and sides, Belisha beacon, serviettes, high tea, ice-cream cornet.

Bill Bryson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WordsTeaShortBackNeverHigh

It's just about working on everything, perfecting everything, like my 3-point shot or ball handling.

Joel Embiid

EverythingBallWorkingJustLike

I'm not aggressive by nature and it was tough for me to make the transition to directing.

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

NatureMeToughTransitionDirecting

It just so happens that my body type and my lifestyle gives me a preclusion for high blood sugars.

Tom Hanks

MeBodyBloodLifestyleHighJust

I think that, as an actor, you fight so hard to get work for years that when it actually comes, you just are so grateful. I am so happy to get to do what I love.

Rory O'Malley

WorkLoveGratefulFightI AmHappy

When news of the crash came, probably a lot of people in small towns and farms across America felt a sense of grim satisfaction that the sinners had finally been punished for their wicked ways.

Ron Chernow

PeopleSmallAmericaSatisfaction

What you don't want to do - if you're concerned about poverty, if you're concerned about providing opportunity - you don't want to rip the bottom rung of the ladder of opportunity away from people.

Ron Johnson

OpportunityPeoplePovertyYouWant

To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.

Mason Cooley

MoneySomeoneFindUnderstandOut

I prefer to play against the best players and the best teams and the best coaches. Never personal.

Jose Mourinho

BestPlayPersonalNeverAgainst

My mother passed away when I was 14, so there were certain things I missed in terms of upbringing. Maybe my mother would have said, 'You have to get a real job.' I don't know because I didn't have that experience. My fortes in school were Spanish, sports, reading and theater. That's what they encouraged.

Joie Lee

MotherSportsExperienceJobSchool

The revolutionary Mozart is the Mozart of his last eight years.

Wolfgang Hildesheimer

YearsLastRevolutionaryEightHis

I'm naturally androgynous. I don't wear makeup or skirts.

Shamir

MakeupWearSkirtsNaturally

I want to do more work behind the camera.

Sean Astin

WorkCameraWantMoreBehind

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