J. B. Priestley Quotes

We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types.

J. B. Priestley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 13, 1894 - August 14, 1984

Topics

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I just kind of understood it, and I threw my love for others and love for life into the character, and was having a blast. I loved playing Dharma. I loved it!

Jenna Elfman

LifeLoveCharacterLovedKindJust

It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace.

Anna Akhmatova

TimePeaceDeathHappyDeadOnly

Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption.

Anna Seward

SuccessMyselfWouldCombatIndeed

You need to listen to the people experiencing the problems, and their ideas need to crowd out the words of the 'can't be done-ers.'

Ann Cotton

WordsPeopleIdeasProblemsYouOut

Pretend was a big part of my childhood.

Jeff Bridges

ChildhoodPretendBigPartBig Part

I have the impression that the women around me are like me - smaller, taller, fatter, thinner - but in fact, we are all the same.

Sonia Rykiel

WomenMeSameImpressionLikeFact

You can't but know that if you can capture the emotions of the audience as well as their minds, the play will work better, because it's a narrative art form.

Tom Stoppard

WorkArtBetterYouEmotionsPlay

One way to measure the size of a company, industry, or economy is to determine its output. But a better way is to determine its added value - namely, the difference between the value of its outputs, that is, the goods and services it produces, and the costs of its inputs, such as the raw materials and energy it consumes.

Michael Spence

ValueEnergyBetterMeasureWay

It seems to me in the past it's been a good thing, as a writer, to have experiences I hadn't expected.

Louise Gluck

GoodPastMeExperiencesIn The Past

I think it's necessary to identify with anything - with any character you play, there's got to be something in common, so you can link up to that person, even if it's like one tiny thing. But it's equally fun to play somebody completely different, and trying to find what that thing is to make it.

Lizzy Caplan

CharacterFunThinkTryingYouPlay

Life solves its problems with well-adapted designs, life-friendly chemistry and smart material and energy use.

Janine Benyus

LifeSmartEnergyProblemsChemistry

You need mystery. You actually do. I think that's what foreign women, French women in particular, are good at. There's still a sense that you need to keep some of the unknown because that's where the soul resides, or something.

Jason Clarke

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