Malcolm Bradbury Quotes

The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.

Malcolm Bradbury

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 7, 1932 - November 27, 2000

Topics

TruthTelling The TruthEnglishLies

We remain very confident in the safety of U.S. beef.

John Clifford

SafetyConfidentBeefVeryRemain

I lived the life of Londoners - and thence comes my immense gratitude and my deep attachment with the British people. I do not think there has ever been a people in the world who displayed a heroism as discreet, as mundane and as universal.

Maurice Druon

LifeGratitudePeopleWorldThink

Our fathers knew that the flag was never intended to protect any man who wanted to assail it.

Robert Green Ingersoll

ManFlagProtectNeverWhoKnew

I'm one of those people who believes you are what you do.

Ann Nocenti

PeopleYouWhoThoseBelieves

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

John Singer Sargent

FriendAgeTimePortraitLosePaint

If something doesn't work, you have to admit it. Always try to find what's going right and what's going wrong with your music. If you can, pool your resources and record yourself; do that frequently.

Steve Forbert

WorkMusicYourselfYouFindWrong

All we know how to do is write music and love God.

Sonny Sandoval

LoveMusicGodKnowWriteHow

I'm not one of those writers who insist they don't read reviews and don't care much about them. I do read them, and I do care about them, and they're not always what you want them to be in an ideal world.

Tom Stoppard

WorldCareYouWantAlwaysReviews

In this movement of colors I find the essence, which does not arise from a system, or an a priori theory.

Robert Delaunay

ColorsFindMovementTheorySystem

We clearly see in God's Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It's easier to come up with excuses for why we can't do things that are hard or that we really don't want to do.

Joyce Meyer

GodBelieveExcusesWantWhyWill

I'm a comedy snob, and I never want anything that I do to get old.

Derek Waters

ComedyWantNeverOldAnythingSnob

We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it.

Dorothy Height

WorkChildrenRespectGotGoingOur

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Malcolm Bradbury