Patrick O'Brian Quotes

Since I grew up, I have never deliberately used any technique at all other than the physical shaping of my tale so that it more or less resembles what has been thought of as a novel for these last two hundred years.

Patrick O'Brian

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 12, 1914 - January 2, 2000

Topics

ThoughtMoreNeverTwoYearsUp

When my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn't be playing football.

Joe Biden

FootballMeMomGradesSemesterOut

I love where I'm from. I love the landscape because it is so beautiful, and I also love the people of my community, the people whose stories I'm trying to tell.

Jesmyn Ward

LoveCommunityBeautifulPeopleTell

I have become intrigued with the combining of seemingly unrelated ideas or images, or the drawing upon the many, sometimes dissimilar, meanings a word might have.

John Barton

IdeasDrawingSometimesBecomeWord

I have a saying: There are no brave old people in finance. Because if you're brave, you mostly get destroyed in your 30s and 40s. If you make it to your 50s and 60s and you're still prospering, you have a very good sense of how to avoid problems and when to be conservative or aggressive with your investments.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

GoodFinancePeopleBraveSaying

It takes a level of creative depression to hear 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' and weep.

Sloane Crosley

DepressionCreativeFunHave Fun

Steel is needed everywhere.

Rodrigo Duterte

SteelEverywhereNeeded

When somebody tells you a story, as long as that story lasts, you're caught in this sort of timeless moment.

Michael Paterniti

MomentStoryLongYouTimelessSort

I know people are looking at what's happening in Washington and then they also look at events in Europe, in Greece and Portugal and other places and worry about that.

Julia Gillard

PeopleLookingWorryLookKnow

Everyone deserves to laugh for at least 30 minutes, and 'Ballers' gives you that.

Jazmyn Simon

LaughYouEveryoneMinutesLeast

'Haywire' is full of different kinds of love songs. It's definitely country and a little something for everybody. I feel like the subject matter goes a little deeper about love and relationships.

Josh Turner

LoveFeelCountryRelationships

Journalism is irrepressible. It can't be taken away.

Josh Fox

JournalismAwayTaken

The things that make me angry still make me angry. George Carlin is 67, and he's still as funny as he's ever been, and he's still angry. And that makes me feel good, because I feel like if I stick around long enough, I'll still be able to work.

Denis Leary

WorkFunnyGoodAngryMeFeel Good

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