Hector Hugh Munro Quotes

Hors d'oeuvres have always a pathetic interest for me; they remind me of one's childhood that one goes through wondering what the next course is going to be like - and during the rest of the menu one wishes one had eaten more of the hors d'oeuvres.

Hector Hugh Munro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 18, 1870 - November 14, 1916

Topics

ChildhoodMeRestWishesMoreGoing

Along 4 Mile Run, there was a nice woods down in front of the house. I used to run around there.

Jim Fowler

WoodsHouseDownNiceRunUsed

I'm not advocating spending less on the elderly, but I am strongly advocating spending more on kids while also putting the country on a sound, long-term fiscal trajectory. To do that, we have to reduce the rate of growth of entitlement-related expenditures and add more revenues.

John Delaney

GrowthI AmCountryMoreSoundKids

Suprisingly, one of the most complex pieces of code is the code to determine where a note is in the staff. Finale stores notes as relative scale positions in the current key.

Robert Patterson

KeyPiecesComplexWhereNotesNote

I spent a disproportionate amount of my time in a car in L.A. I'm 35 years old. If you add up the hours spent in cars, it would be years.

Travis Kalanick

CarTimeYouOldYearsUp

I love cinema.

Tommy Lee Jones

LoveCinemaI Love

The terrible thing about the Internet and Amazon is that they take the magic and happy chaos out of book shopping. The Internet might give you what you want, but it won't give you what you need.

Tom Hodgkinson

HappyChaosShoppingBookInternet

When people say to me, 'Why are you so good at writing at women?' I say, 'Why isn't everybody?'

Joss Whedon

GoodWomenPeopleMeWritingYou

Some people accuse the new generation of being ignorant, maybe ignorant for the old generation, but it's a new language.

Domenico Dolce

PeopleLanguageGenerationNewOld

It's almost a responsibility for all the people of the United Kingdom, regardless of race, color or creed, and an understanding that you have an individual connection with each and every one.

Prince Andrew

ResponsibilityPeopleColorYouRace

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.

Pearl Bailey

LoveManLove IsAmbitionBlessings

When a culture is broken, the cracks show - morale is weakened, but so is profit and performance. That's why culture has to be at the core of any business transformation.

Peggy Johnson

BusinessCultureBrokenPerformance

Conviction is the conscience of the mind.

Nicolas Chamfort

MindConscienceConviction

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