Bill Bryson Quotes

Yes, U.S. travelers dress better. The British are always so conspicuous in hot climates. They don't seem to wear shorts. American men seem to be comfortable wearing hot-weather clothing.

Bill Bryson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MenDressBetterAmericanHotSeem

Because you can't do anything halfway, you've got to go all the way in anything you do.

Jerry Bruckheimer

YouGoWayAnythingHalfwayBecause

I think it's so important in preschool and in kindergarten and elementary school that we're not biasing ourselves.

Megan Smith

SchoolThinkImportantKindergarten

I collect art. I just recently bought two gorgeous photographs of Marilyn Monroe by international photographer Eve Arnold and I know it sounds horrible but when she dies all her pictures are going to be worth triple. But I won't tell you how much I got them for - let's just say it was a lot.

Mel B

ArtWorthYouPicturesKnowSay

Our constitutionally-based criminal justice system places a high value on protecting the innocent. Among its central tenets is the idea that it is better to let a guilty person go free than to convict someone without evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.

Robert Shapiro

JusticeValueFreeBetterSomeone

You can't sit there and worry about everything.

Michael Bloomberg

WorryYouEverythingSitAbout

The Bible has multiple accounts of people who were born with various conditions and in various states of existence, only to meet Jesus and be healed or delivered from whatever was their concern. Truly, there isn't a human ever born into this life without having to contend with one issue or another along life's journey.

Alveda King

LifeJourneyPeopleBibleBornMeet

Hackers are seen as shadowy figures with superhuman powers that threaten civilization.

Mitch Kapor

CivilizationSeenHackersThreaten

Let us not act out of fear and misunderstanding, but out of the values of inclusion, diversity, and regard for all that make our country great.

Loretta Lynch

FearGreatDiversityValuesCountry

We fought no better, perhaps, than they. We exhibited, perhaps, no higher individual qualities.

Joshua Chamberlain

BetterIndividualThanHigherFought

You are the first President to whom the opportunity was ever offered constitutionally to inaugurate such a day. If you fail us now, you may be the last.

Jay Alan Sekulow

OpportunityDayYouNowFirstFail

Growing up, many of us are taught to place limits on what we can accomplish while on earth. We tend to think of things in binary form: either as possible or, more frequently, impossible.

Clemantine Wamariya

Growing UpImpossibleLimitsThink

Part of what I like about the best villains in TV and film is when you feel sorry for them, and that makes you feel even worse for feeling guilty about wanting them to succeed, in some way.

Colin O'Donoghue

BestSucceedSorryFeelYouGuilty

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