Alan Bates Quotes

You can't always go by the book, even in comedy.

Alan Bates

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 17, 1934 - December 27, 2003

Topics

BookComedyYouGoAlwaysEven

I do not put my tastes as incredibly expensive, but they are incredibly expensive for an average man.

John Caudwell

ManAverageExpensivePutTastes

The public Yao was the private Yao: To his core, there was an unmistakable peace to him.

Jeff Van Gundy

PeaceHimCoreHisPublicPrivate

That I even get to play a sold-out show where people know the words and I'm singing about things I'm connected to is such a blessing. It's the equivalent of a nine-year-old saying, 'I want to be an astronaut when I grow up,' and then getting to go to the moon.

Andy Grammer

BlessingWordsPeopleMoonSinging

You may be trying to drive in a particular direction that people don't necessarily understand at first. In our case, we knew the users we had in mind for this product. So in the early days, we looked at our customers, really just testers at that point, and we paid extra attention to the teams we knew should be using Slack successfully.

Stewart Butterfield

PeopleMindDriveDirectionYou

Most of my films seem to be about people bewildered by the world around them, who don't fit into it and are trying to understand it.

Roger Michell

PeopleWorldTryingUnderstandSeem

The thing that is most beautiful about Antarctica for me is the light. It's like no other light on Earth, because the air is so free of impurities. You get drugged by it, like when you listen to one of your favorite songs. The light there is a mood-enhancing substance.

Jon Krakauer

BeautifulLightMeFreeYouEarth

Everybody thinks people who promote PETA don't eat meat, but I think animals were made to be eaten.

Dominique Swain

PeopleThinkAnimalsEatMeatMade

If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself - your ethics, character, principles, purpose, motivation, and conduct. Invest at least 30% managing those with authority over you, and 15% managing your peers.

Dee Hock

CharacterTimePurposeYourselfLook

I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.

Bob Woodward

PeopleWantOutFoundFigure

I am deeply grateful for the concern of all those who constantly prayed for my happiness.

Princess Margaret

HappinessGratefulI AmWhoConcern

When I was a child, women spoke to me of how all they had was their memories, how their husbands went to war and never came back, so many tragedies. That chorus of voices filled my consciousness. It was part of life itself.

Svetlana Alexievich

LifeWomenMemoriesWarChildMe

But poetry is a way of language, it is not its subject or its maker's background or interests or hobbies or fixations. It is nearer to utterance than history.

Thomas Lynch

HistoryPoetryLanguageWayHobbies

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