Edward Gorey Quotes

Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring.

Edward Gorey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 22, 1925 - April 15, 2000

Topics

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One of the guys that used to run it - for some reason I've no idea why he used to call me the Sea Monster and I was just looking around for a name and thought that'll do. That lasted for a couple of years probably.

Jo Brand

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You're going to face adversity. It's not if - it's when.

Andre Ward

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What's special about Superman is that he will always make the right choice.

Max Landis

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You want to go to your deathbed saying, 'I didn't sell out.' But it's a tough business to keep to what you believe in and get through and do well.

Maxine Peake

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It is difficult to ever think about your loved one having suffered.

Robert Rinder

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If you can't play under pressure, you shouldn't be at a World Cup.

Romelu Lukaku

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Sometimes I forget to say 'cut' because I am so lost in the performance.

Michelle MacLaren

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By unwillingly robbing post-conflict nations of their most talented people, we in Europe are improving the odds these states fail, and feed the vicious circle of future conflicts.

Miroslav Lajcak

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I don't care what other people think. I hate conforming, that you have to wear this to a business meeting or that to a dinner. I've never worked that way.

Juergen Teller

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We live in a very uncertain world, and I think that uncertainty of itself generates an environment which we should not make a decision that deprives future generations of the deterrent effect that the nuclear weapons have provided for us and for almost all of my life.

Des Browne

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It's a great feeling to be recognized by your peers. It's an even better feeling to be welcomed and accepted by country radio and its listeners. If desire is any part of this equation, then I'm a contender!

Chely Wright

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You've got to keep an open mind.

Chris Wallace

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