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Saul David Quotes

My great-great-grandfather, who made his money in the jute trade, had at one time 600 houses in London, and within three generations, the money was gone.

Saul David

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: british
Birth: 1966

Topics

Time Money Three London Within Gone

Oh, I was never a businessman. I was a visionary, a dreamer.

Jim Bakker

Dreams Dreamer Visionary Never Oh

As a trumpet player, I was playing Xenakis, Lindberg: very challenging, technical, atonal, and I enjoyed it.

Andris Nelsons

Trumpet Playing Technical Player

We suspect Dr. Clutterbuck's sense of hearing must be injured: for him the 'ear trumpet' magnifies but distorts sound, rendering it less distinct than before.

Robert James Graves

Sound Him Hearing Trumpet Sense Ear

Awards are always a pleasant surprise. They are the candy-floss parts of our job - a lovely added extra to attract people's attention. The bottom line is that you want to sell tickets.

Sophie Thompson

Job People Surprise Attention You

Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts.

Tommy Lasorda

Home Baseball Driving Who Like Gets

I came up, I suppose, a fairly traditional way. I went to art college. I always wanted to be a stills photographer, really, when I was younger, and I briefly worked as a stills photographer.

Roger Deakins

Art College Way Photographer Always

When you think about great teams, The Beatles and the Pythons immediately spring to mind. The Pythons were as much a part of their time as The Beatles.

Robyn Hitchcock

Great Time Spring Mind Think You

Not being anxious requires a level of humility, doesn't it? It does, I think. It's not all about you.

Rupert Graves

Humility Think You Level Being Does

I'm a Taurean, so I'm very passionate and determined and materialistic. Down the years, I've spent a lot of money and saved a bit of money and had a lot of fun.

Martine McCutcheon

Money Fun Down Passionate Determined

Superheroes fill a gap in the pop culture psyche, similar to the role of Greek mythology. There isn't really anything else that does the job in modern terms. For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously.

Christopher Nolan

Culture Job Me Seriously Anything

The whole nuclear-arms-control and non-proliferation policy of the nuclear powers is a fraud: The Americans could not prevent the Soviets from replicating their weaponry, and then could not object when the British did the same.

Conrad Black

Fraud Same Policy British Whole Did

The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.

Bryant H. McGill

Forgiveness Man Ability Greatest