Daniel Tammet Quotes

It was a gradual process, realising I was different. I remember at primary school getting a worksheet with sums printed on it. I thought that they must have run out of the right colour inks and sizes for the numbers, because they were all the same, which isn't how I experienced numbers at all. To me, nine is big and blue.

Daniel Tammet

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 31, 1979

Topics

SchoolBlueMeThoughtRememberRun

We had every kind of audience you could name. Young, old, not-so-old, some older than old, some younger than young: they were there, they were there! There was everything.

John Hunter

NameYouYoungKindOldEverything

As early as the autumn of 1862, I was made very happy by being sent to school.

John Sergeant Wise

SchoolHappyEarlyAutumnBeing

The thing that really sticks - and when you talk to entrepreneurs, they say the same - is just thinking about the next day, the next week.

Ana Patricia Botin

DayThinkingWeekYouSayTalk

Chipotle is based on a very simple idea: We start with great ingredients, prepare them using classic cooking techniques, and serve them in a way that allows people to get exactly what they want.

Steve Ells

GreatCookingSimplePeopleStart

I thought it was unfair to ask school kids to integrate first. The parents should lead the way, not send out the children as advance troops.

Stanley Marcus

ChildrenSchoolParentsThoughtWay

Far as I can tell, I still have most of my hair, my gut is not hanging over my belt, and I still have all of my teeth.

Sidney Poitier

HairI CanTeethOverTellGut

There is nothing so satisfying as to be shot at without effect.

Robert Fisk

NothingWithoutEffectShot

Khaki trousers soon became the province of hipsters like Jack Kerouac and Miles Davis. They were taken to new heights by Ralph Lauren, who helped popularize them among college professors and preppy men.

Roger Stone

MenCollegeNewHeightsProfessors

There is no excuse for a well-dressed gent to wilt in the warm months.

Roger Stone

WarmExcuseMonthsNo ExcuseWilt

Home for me is my boat, really.

Rory McCann

HomeMeBoatReally

John McCain knows as well as anyone that Sarah Palin has no business being anywhere near the Oval Office. I'm sorry, it's got nothing to do with the fact that she wears skirts - she's grossly unqualified.

Ron Reagan

BusinessSorryNothingSheOffice

Just like I gave Jack Ma and Alibaba the luxury of staying private for longer, I am now giving Arm the gift of being private. My only message to them now is take my investment and let's go, go, go.

Masayoshi Son

I AmGiftGivingLuxuryInvestment

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