Nick Hornby Quotes

I hated teaching Shakespeare. In order for the students to understand what was going on, you had to tell them the story of 'Macbeth' or whatever. Shakespeare is about character and language, and they didn't get any of that.

Nick Hornby

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CharacterStoryLanguageYouTell

I've been thinking a lot about next year, which will be the first time in 25 years that I don't have a child at home.

Jessica Lange

HomeTimeChildThinkingYearWill

The unnatural, that too is natural.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

NaturalTooUnnatural

If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about can't hold it back now because the blues is really going.

John Lee Hooker

PeopleBackBluesNowTryMore

I don't feel alienated from American culture, but I understand people who do.

John Podhoretz

CulturePeopleAmericanFeelWho

There just doesn't seem to be a market for something with aspiration anymore.

Tom Courtenay

SeemSomethingMarketJustAnymore

Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.

Mary Kay Ash

InspirationalYourselfPeopleMind

'Wonderland' was incredible, but 'Once Upon A Time,' I found it quite soul-destroying.

Michael Socha

TimeFoundIncredibleQuiteOnce

In reality, I never want to grow up.

Michael Jordan

RealityGrowWantNeverGrow UpUp

Don't watch a lot of television, don't listen to a lot of music. God. What have I been doing with all my time? I'm a bore.

Liz Tuccillo

MusicGodTimeDoingTelevision

As a girl, I abandoned a promising singing career due to violent harassment by Islamists.

Deeyah Khan

GirlSingingCareerAbandonedDue

I think there are profound differences between women and men. In intelligence and creativity, there is no difference, but in what one loves, what one likes, the passions - there are differences.

Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

WomenCreativityMenIntelligence

I think the key that makes Airbnb is the fact that we're a community, not just a series of commodities.

Brian Chesky

CommunityThinkKeyAirbnbJust

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