Geoff Dyer Quotes

My reading of serious books about serious music is seriously compromised by the way that I can't understand any musical theory. Any mentions of D major or C minor are meaningless to me.

Geoff Dyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MusicMeReadingSeriousUnderstand

Get inside information from the president and you will probably lose half your money. If you get it from the chairman of the board, you will lose all of your money.

Jim Rogers

MoneyYouInformationLoseWillGet

We sold 'Seinfeld' all over the world but it was a very specific kind of show. In some countries it went down really well, in others they hated it.

Jerry Seinfeld

WorldDownKindOthersOverWell

We shouldn't still be asking, 'Have you got children? Why've you not got children? Ooh, you must have children!' Bog off, d'you know what I mean?

Maxine Peake

ChildrenYouKnowMeanAskingOff

I am somebody who has never been able to give up '60s habits. I am the inevitable old codger on the dance floor.

Simon Schama

DanceI AmInevitableNeverOldUp

Most creative thing I've ever done? Got somebody pregnant.

Tracy Morgan

CreativeDoneGotSomebodyMost

When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you've always got a different ache or pain.

Tom Petty

HealthPainStartYouDownAlways

Popularity matters a lot, as at the end of the day, the love of your audiences can make you win.

Rithvik Dhanjani

LoveDayWinEnd Of The DayEndYou

The publication of the third volume of Capital has made hardly any impression upon bourgeois economic science.

Rudolf Hilferding

ScienceImpressionEconomicMade

You know, God will give favor to anyone who will believe Him. Every day you should confess that you have favor everywhere you go. God will begin to open doors that you wouldn't believe.

Joyce Meyer

GodDayBelieveDoorsYouEvery Day

By and large, prisons are survivable, though hope is indeed what you need least upon entering here; a lump of sugar would be more useful.

Joseph Brodsky

HopeYouSugarMoreNeedHere

If things don't go fantastically, you just have to deal with it.

Anton du Beke

YouGoThingsDealJust

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

William S. Burroughs

SadSadnessDeepPlace

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