Nick Hornby Quotes

If you're reading a novel that was written in 1964, you'll find out more about 1964 than if you're reading a nonfiction book written in 1964 because you're hearing how language was actually used and hearing what people's actual concerns were at the beginning of the 1960s.

Nick Hornby

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 17, 1957

Topics

BeginningPeopleBookReadingYou

I'm the longest-serving secretary of state in Illinois, but I also want to go down in history as one of the best they've ever had. I will work every day toward that.

Jesse White

WorkHistoryBestDayDownWant

All novels must be autobiographical because I am the only material that I know. All of the characters are me. But at the same time, a novel is never autobiographical even if it describes the life of the author. Literary writing is a completely different medium.

John Banville

LifeTimeI AmMeWritingKnow

To make the reader afraid, I had to be afraid.

Andrew Pyper

AfraidMakeReaderHad

People forget that when you're 16, you're probably more serious than you'll ever be again. You think seriously about the big questions.

John Hughes

PeopleThinkQuestionsYouSerious

Pirate ships were built for stealth and invisibility. They filed no manifests with any agency or government. When they went missing or sunk, nobody went looking for them. They simply disappeared into the ether.

Robert Kurson

GovernmentLookingNobodyPirate

What we reliably find is that people's perseverance scores are actually higher than their passion scores, and I think it really does get to the fact that working hard is hard, but maybe finding your passion is even more difficult.

Angela Duckworth

PerseverancePassionPeopleThink

True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

LifeEducationGoalsSpiritualTrue

Peace is one of the most precious gifts God has promised His children. I know, because for many years my life was not peaceful, and I was miserable.

Joyce Meyer

LifeGodChildrenPeaceMy Life

Brave plays the long game on behalf of users first, and also publishers, to win a better Web with fast, safe browsing, anonymous micropayments, and user control over data.

Brendan Eich

BraveControlWinGameBetterData

I don't go to bed every night worried about getting back into baseball.

Pete Rose

BaseballNightBackBedGoEvery

I always try to take the unexpected things and make them work for me.

Paul Watson

WorkMeUnexpectedTryAlwaysTake

Spending time in the kitchen together with my children, it's huge.

Tiffani Thiessen

ChildrenTimeTogetherSpending Time

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