Wilkie Collins Quotes

Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind.

Wilkie Collins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 8, 1824 - September 23, 1889

Topics

DayPeaceMindRulesReasonWhere

Plenty of entrepreneurs can start a company. What is more rare is to evolve it and to scale with it over time.

Andy Dunn

TimeStartMoreCompanyOverEvolve

My maternal grandmother, Annie Sparks, lived with our family during the while I was growing up. When I came home from school, after having made a detour to the kitchen to pour a glass of milk and fix a thick peanut butter sandwich on easy-to-tear white bread, I would go up to her sitting room.

Sue Hubbell

FamilyHomeSchoolGrowing UpWhite

I've had so many experiences with film or musicals or books where I just walk away changed in some way. One of the things that makes me want to be a writer is to pour my heart into something and hope that I can affect someone in that same way.

Tom Kitt

HopeHeartWalkMeSomeoneI Can

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

Robert Frost

LawyerBetterJuryDecideChosen

No, when the fight begins within himself, A man's worth something.

Robert Browning

ManFightWorthWithinSomething

My family mean a lot to me, but I guess that's like it is with every other player.

Roberto Firmino

FamilyMeMeanLikePlayerGuess

You learn an incredible amount doing theatre, not just about to behave.

Michelle Dockery

TheatreLearnDoingYouBehaveJust

I look up to a lot of people, but outside of my parents, I've never really had a mentor.

Chris Hughes

ParentsPeopleLookMentorNeverUp

I don't think the war in Afghanistan was ruthlessly enough waged.

Christopher Hitchens

WarThinkEnoughAfghanistanWaged

With comedies, often shorter is better. You don't want to outstay your welcome.

Christopher Miller

WelcomeBetterYouWantYourOften

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

Confucius

ManComfortVirtueAlwaysSuperior

My guilty pleasure is 'Britain's Next Top Model'.

April Pearson

GuiltyTopNextPleasureModel

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