Walter Scott Quotes

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine.

Walter Scott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: August 15, 1771 - September 21, 1832

Topics

ReligionDoubtMattersHistorical

When you have an emergency, there is the urge to do whatever it takes to see people get assistance.

Meles Zenawi

PeopleYouEmergencySeeWhatever

What investors want is growth, margin, and cash.

John L. Flannery

GrowthWantCashMarginInvestors

I think the era of access journalism as we've known it is over.

Jeff Zucker

ThinkJournalismOverEraI Think

I was inspired by the Hole in the Wall project, where a computer with an internet connection was put in a Delhi slum. When the slum was revisited after a month, the children of that slum had learned how to use the worldwide web.

Sugata Mitra

ChildrenInternetConnectionWall

Being onstage and communicating with an audience was part of my life since I was very little, but I was never pushed into singing. My parents were so uninterested in me making music.

Robyn

LifeMusicParentsMeSingingNever

We hoped to get a TV show, and we almost did, but 'The State' beat us out for this MTV show. So because they were there, and 'SNL' and 'Kids in the Hall' were there, we thought, 'Let's go try to do what Python did, and instead, let's make movies.'

Jay Chandrasekhar

ThoughtGoMoviesTryOutBeat

Critics and academics often employ theories and philosophers in order to help them understand and dissect movies and books.

Douglas Lain

HelpMoviesUnderstandCriticsOrder

Songwriting has always been close to me.

Brantley Gilbert

MeSongwritingAlwaysCloseBeen

'Session 9' can be interpreted in different ways. You can get the sense that Gordon breathes in an evil spirit but can also be read as a much more clinical movie that shows a man who becomes unhinged or may be going mad. An inspiration was Nicolas Roeg's 'Don't Look Now.'

Brad Anderson

ManEvilYouLookMadNow

There's a bright spot in every dark cloud.

Bruce Beresford

CloudDarkBrightEverySpot

My greatest fear is disappointing the reader, so each book has to be better than the one before.

Anthony Horowitz

FearBookBetterGreatestThanEach

Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world.

Augustine Birrell

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