Geoff Dyer Quotes

I think I got into travelling because it was so not in my blood, so against my tendency to just stay put because my dad just hated going on holidays, because, as I've said in many essays, the thing that he hated more than anything else in life was spending money. And as soon as you leave your home, you're spending money.

Geoff Dyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 5, 1958

Topics

LifeHomeMoneyThinkHolidaysYou

My goal is to live the truly religious life and express it through my music. If you can live it, there's no problem about the music, because it's part of the whole thing.

John Coltrane

LifeLiveMusicProblemYouGoal

I think all women go through periods where we hate this about ourselves, we don't like that. It's great to get to a place where you dismiss anything you're worried about. I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive.

Angelina Jolie

WomenGreatHateThinkYouFlaws

Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.

Johnny Carson

WorkSuccessHealthJobPeaceHappy

I think people who are compelled to achieve never really think they've achieved... I think the moment you get to a place when you think 'Oh I'm a fashion legend' then that's when you're no longer competitive in your field.

Tom Ford

MomentPeopleFashionThinkLegend

I'm from the Midwest, and guys like me don't go on diets. We don't do well on spinning classes.

Michael Moore

MeGoSpinningWellLikeMidwest

I've carried a gun for 10 years. I've carried them in the locker room, and nobody really knows about it. I know how to handle myself, and I stow it away where nobody really knows about it.

Luke Scott

MyselfGunNobodyKnowYearsRoom

I love to win; but I love to lose almost as much. I love the thrill of victory, and I also love the challenge of defeat.

Lou Gehrig

LoveChallengeWinVictoryLose

The highs were high, the awe, I'm not a religious person, but I'll tell you, to be in the azure blue of the Gulf Stream as if, as you're breathing, you're looking down miles and miles and miles, to feel the majesty of this blue planet we live on, it's awe-inspiring.

Diana Nyad

LiveBlueLookingFeelYouDown

I will not feel like I've made it until the day I retire from basketball because there's something that I can always get better at, and there's always somebody better, and that's what drives me.

Draymond Green

DayMeBasketballBetterFeelI Can

For you in the West to hear the phrase 'All men are created equal' is to draw a yawn. For us, it's a miracle. We're starting out at rock bottom, man. But South Africa does have soul.

Athol Fugard

MenSoulManYouRockAfrica

The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.

Pope John XXIII

GoodMeGood CompanyFeelingsAlways

I think the air in New York is death.

Richard Bonynge

DeathNew YorkThinkNewAirYork

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