Laurence Olivier Quotes

I don't know what is better than the work that is given to the actor - to teach the human heart the knowledge of itself.

Laurence Olivier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 22, 1907 - July 11, 1989

Topics

WorkKnowledgeHeartBetterKnow

When I was ten years old, my family left a cold, damp prefab in West Fife and moved to Corby, Northamptonshire, where my father quickly found work at what was then the Stewarts & Lloyds steelworks.

John Burnside

WorkFamilyFatherColdOldYears

You can be a catalyst for change but change never really entirely happens just because of one guy.

Robert Griffin III

ChangeYouJust BecauseNeverGuy

Most elite big men are high maintenance.

Jeff Van Gundy

MenMaintenanceHighEliteBigMost

Sculptures created from found materials like ice and thorns, driftwood, and even bleached kangaroo bones all presuppose that artistic design will yield to the cycles of time and climate, whether over an hour or a decade.

Simon Schama

TimeDesignIceWillOverThorns

What happens to a private company that comes out with a quarterly report and an annual report? It gives transparency. It talks of basic issues of governance and transactions with related parties.

Shiv Nadar

TransparencyCompanyOutGovernance

For me, one song is not enough to be in a person's world. I need to be in their world for 40 minutes; I want to fully experience it and immerse myself.

Shura

MyselfExperienceMeWorldSong

Individual stories from the Bible had been made into movies, but no one had taken on the arc of the Bible story as one meta-narrative from Genesis to Revelation.

Roma Downey

BibleStoryMoviesIndividualBeen

My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless it is within a democratic framework.

Mohamed ElBaradei

MeRunConscienceWithinPresidency

Yes, I am the first Latino poet laureate in the United States. But I'm also here for everyone and from everyone. My voice is made by everyone's voices.

Juan Felipe Herrera

I AmVoiceFirstLatinoYesPoet

Italians know about human nature - they understand human nature perhaps better than anyone else does. They know that people are weak and greedy and lazy and dishonest and they just try to make the best of it; to work around it.

Donna Leon

WorkNatureBestPeopleBetterKnow

My older brother took me to Woody Allen double features when I was still teething.

Doug Liman

BrotherMeDoubleStillOlderTook

Louis Vuitton has a long history with collaborations.

Delphine Arnault

HistoryLongLouisLong History

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