Wilbur Smith Quotes

I don't know how many lions and leopards I've shot. I've shot two elephants, which was enough - never again. It's a melancholy and moving thing to hunt an elephant. It's like shooting an old man.

Wilbur Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: January 9, 1933

Topics

ManMovingElephantEnoughOld Man

A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.

John Galsworthy

ManActionThoughtUnhappyOutGet

I'm a rationalist. And I can see no evidence for a benevolent and interventionist creator.

Robert J. Sawyer

I CanEvidenceSeeCreator

Like most guys, I've always liked watches. I can always check the time on my phone, but having a watch is so much better.

Andy Murray

TimeBetterWatchesPhoneI Can

I am not interested in releasing best of stuff and I have not given my permission. You release best of packages when you're a has-been and have nothing new to offer.

Amanda Lear

BestI AmYouNewNothingRelease

I always have my books for company.

Sriti Jha

CompanyAlwaysBooks

We agreed that we cannot let personal political attacks get in the way of doing the very best we can for California's children.

Rob Reiner

ChildrenBestPoliticalDoingWay

I'm like a monk with a taste for hookers.

Moby

TasteMonkLike

Some of us must wait for the best human gifts until we come to heavenly places. Our natural desire for musical utterance is perhaps a prophecy that in a perfect world we shall all know how to sing.

Lucy Larcom

BestWaitWorldPerfectDesireKnow

Colorful garments - ball gowns, kimonos, evening pajamas - made from yards upon yards of iridescent silk or velvet. I own an unjustifiable number of such outfits and jump at the chance to wear them. Against the etiquette about which I am otherwise all too conscious, I frequently, and unrepentantly, overdress for the occasion.

Julia Glass

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I don't believe in diets, as I always put whatever I lost right back on again. I think we should all just eat healthily and get as much exercise as we can.

Jasmine Guinness

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I vividly remember D'Angelo's 'How Does it Feel?' as a song I listened to around the time I came out.

Jonathan Van Ness

TimeSongFeelRememberOutHow

There has been a black hole in the bar business in Las Vegas, particularly on the Strip in tourist areas.

Jon Taffer

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