Geoffrey Boycott Quotes

Unlike cricket, where I reached the top solely down to my own efforts, cancer was not a one-man battle. This time, I couldn't have done it on my own. Without the support and bullying encouragement of my wife Rachael, I would not be here now.

Geoffrey Boycott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 21, 1940

Topics

TimeWifeBullyingSupportCricket

I am always begging them to spare me this chasing after men.

Joan Leslie

MenI AmMeAlwaysBeggingChasing

Every single place that's brushed upon me has made me the artist that I am - from Nigerian Highlife music and the vocal melodies that I grew up on when I would be sitting with my father and his fellow chiefs, to the funk and freeness of the Bay Area groove, to L.A.'s smooth G-funk legacy, Brooklyn's lyricism, and now Atlanta's trap history.

Jidenna

FatherMusicHistoryI AmMeLegacy

I'm saying 9/11 was to get us into Iraq and get us into Afghanistan.

Jesse Ventura

SayingAfghanistanUsGetIraq

I like to be close to water and the ocean, particularly. I love to get out and body surf. I like mountain biking, too.

John McEnroe

LoveWaterOceanMountainBodyOut

Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal.

Robert South

HeartGuiltRustConscienceOut

I think a lot of times our culture has an attitude toward art and the production of art that separates artists from the rest of us, like making art or music or painting or whatever is some magical thing that you have to be inspired to do, and special people do it.

Ann Leckie

AttitudeMusicArtCulturePeople

It's astonishing what you learn and feel and see along the way. That's why a reporter's job, as you know, is such a joy.

Mike Wallace

JobJoyFeelLearnYouKnow

So I write melodies - thirty, forty, fifty - then I cast them off until I have just two or three. If only one is needed, I go see the director and ask him to decide.

Michel Legrand

GoThreeThirtyWriteFortySee

If I make a new bag I love, I don't keep it.

Judith Leiber

LoveBagNewKeepMakeI Love

I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.

Diana Ross

GreatPrioritiesPlaceTryRight

When you stand up there and do a press conference, it's a very preoccupied moment. You're standing in front of cameras; people are watching you; it's not so easy to be at ease.

Christine Quinn

MomentPeopleStand UpStandYouUp

You might think that religion was the one area in which professional jealousy would take a back seat. But no: ecclesiastical memoirs are as viperish as any, though their envy tends to cloak itself in piety.

Craig Brown

ReligionJealousyThinkYouEnvy

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