Yann Martel Quotes

It's true, too, that I'm tired of using books as political bullets and grenades. Books are too precious and wonderful to be used for long in such a fashion.

Yann Martel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: June 25, 1963

Topics

TiredFashionPoliticalLongTrue

Often, it's the little things, like the title of a song, that can make a huge difference in its success.

Jeremih

SuccessLittle ThingsSongDifference

Well, in the past, the size of government was one of the more fundamental dividing lines between Right and Left. The Right was supposed to represent the small government philosophy - limited spending, low taxes. Obviously, things have shifted.

Andrew Sullivan

PastGovernmentSmallPhilosophyLow

A soil, exhausted by the long culture of Pagan empires, was to lie fallow for a still longer period.

John Lothrop Motley

CultureLieLongSoilEmpiresStill

Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse - and things won't get worse unless they get elected.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

ThingsDemocratsGetWorseElected

Ottolenghi sells lots of delicious sweet things, but my daily addiction is their unbelievable dark chocolate salted caramel biscuits. They're the best things in the world - I go through half a packet every night. I bring them out after pudding at dinner parties.

Trinny Woodall

DailyBestSweetDinnerWorldNight

The answer for healthcare is market incentives, not healthcare by a Godzilla-sized government bureaucracy.

Mitt Romney

GovernmentHealthcareBureaucracy

Writers don't make good spouses. When I am writing, I'm not a good wife. I shut myself away, and all my emotions are directed towards what I'm trying to write.

Claire Tomalin

GoodMyselfWifeI AmWritingWrite

PayPal exists because banks are not interoperable: I can't efficiently pay you $10 unless I'm giving you a $10 bill. So we're all on PayPal and Venmo, I need interoperability on the same ledger.

Brad Garlinghouse

GivingYouNeedSamePayBecause

I was always passionate about acting.

Ashish Sharma

ActingPassionateAlwaysAbout

The songs certainly have not made my fortune, but I am still grateful for the royalties when they come in.

Sydney Carter

GratefulI AmFortuneComeMadeAm

By itself, just to draw crazy creatures has limited appeal - if I had to give up one thing, it would be the wild imagination. When the work becomes too detached from ordinary life, it starts to fall apart. Fantasy needs to have some connection with reality, or it becomes of its own interest only, insular.

Shaun Tan

LifeWorkImaginationCrazyReality

A lot of local food is very tasty. I'm very happy to eat it. I just don't think it's the same thing as saving the world.

Tyler Cowen

FoodHappyWorldThinkSameEat

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