Alexander McCall Smith Quotes

One of the most destructive things that's happening in modern society is that we are losing our sense of the bonds that bind people together - which can lead to nightmares of social collapse.

Alexander McCall Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: August 24, 1948

Topics

TogetherLosingPeopleSocietyLead

Fame isn't happiness, but success and being respected in your craft is worth fighting for. You've got to work hard to be noticed.

Aneurin Barnard

WorkSuccessHappinessWork HardYou

They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.

Steve Buscemi

PrisonShowEscapingAboutSupposed

I always notice the dysfunctional dynamic of human relationships because most places where you encounter it, people are trying to pretend it isn't happening.

Sophie Hannah

PeopleTryingYouRelationships

I'm human, I feel, I understand. That's the highest level of love, is understanding - when you can understand someone, when you can love them with their flaws and their faults. So I understand, I consider. I may speak the truth, but I'll consider your feelings, too.

Tracy Morgan

LoveTruthLove IsSpeakSomeone

With comedy, I try to steer toward, you know, talking about people that do crazy things, messed-up things. That's what I like to talk about.

Loni Love

PeopleCrazyComedyTalkingYouTry

I look a little bit like Barbie and talk a little bit like Ken. It's easier for me to sit in the middle of the boys' club than to be surrounded by people concerned about getting their hair and nails done.

Diane Farr

PeopleMeHairLookDoneNails

It's just been my mom and I for, like, three years or so. I love being able to not have to feel like I have to share the whole everything with the world, which is why I'm not very good at the Snap Chat, and I need help with my social media. Because I... I kind of just like having just us.

Auli'i Cravalho

LoveGoodSocial MediaMomWorld

When I was young, they just gave me the lead. And when I got old, they wouldn't see me at all.

Polly Bergen

MeYoungOldLeadSeeJust

Everybody loves monsters.

Peter Capaldi

MonstersEverybodyLoves

You see, I'd not a very good place here; the fellows looked on me as a sort of special object of ridicule, on account of the hat and cane, walk, and so on, though I thought I'd got over that by this time.

Richard Harding Davis

GoodTimeWalkHatMeThought

I am obsessive always, even as a child. On one side is this strict orthodox religion, on the other is communism, and I am this little girl pulled between the two. It makes me who I am. It turns me into the kind of person that Freud would have a field day with, for sure.

Marina Abramovic

GirlDayReligionI AmChildMe

I like a guy who's sarcastic, serious, sensitive - even just silent. But you have to do it at the right times. That's sexy. To me, it reflects intelligence.

Moran Atias

IntelligenceMeSexyYouSerious

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