Karl Philipp Moritz Quotes

In London, before I set out, I had paid one shilling; another was now demanded, so that upon the whole, from London to Richmond, the passage in the stage costs just two shillings.

Karl Philipp Moritz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: September 15, 1756 - June 26, 1793

Topics

NowLondonTwoStageOutPaid

I like ideas. I find them more exciting than human behavior for the most part.

John Banville

IdeasBehaviorFindHuman Behavior

I love science and that time in history when science and the humanities were the same thing.

Andrew Lincoln

LoveScienceHistoryTimeSameWere

My favorite anything is always relative to the context of present time, place and mood. When I finish a book and want to immediately find another by the same author and no other, that author is elevated to my favorite.

Amy Tan

TimeBookPresentFindPlaceMood

I prefer to put myself in an environment that's further afield and look through the eyes of someone who differs from me in age, ethnicity, gender, and/or social class. I think a little displacement makes me a sharper observer.

Amor Towles

AgeEyesMyselfMeThinkSomeone

If what you know and what you love are the same thing, that's great. But if not, write what you love. I love history, secrets, conspiracies, action, adventure, international settings.

Steve Berry

LoveHistoryGreatAdventureAction

Celebrated in the Bob Dylan ballad 'Joey,' Crazy Joe Gallo was a charismatic beatnik gangster whose forays into Greenwich Village in the 1960s inspired his bloody revolution against the Mafia.

Tom Folsom

CrazyGangsterRevolutionVillage

My first tour sold out in Glasgow, and they were one of the loudest. I couldn't hear myself.

Rita Ora

MyselfLoudestFirstOutTourHear

You see someone on the street wearing an outfit and then it's on the cover of a magazine. I love. But, you know, I'm Australian, so I'm not too flashy or glitzy.

Rose Byrne

LoveSomeoneYouOutfitKnowStreet

I've known Emma Watson since she was 9, we've watched each other grow up, formed this sort of brother/sister bond, and suddenly I'm leaning in to kiss her. Well, it felt completely wrong... but, you know, you try to sink into the character and divorce yourself from it. We ended up laughing hysterically afterwards.

Rupert Grint

CharacterYourselfKissBondGrow

The ability for us to laugh at ourselves is Britain's saving grace.

Martin Parr

GraceLaughAbilityUsOurselves

My whole life, I've been watching conductors. I was 7 the first time I played with a conductor. Seeing the ones that do it well, it's an amazing thing.

Joshua Bell

LifeTimeAmazingSeeingWatching

When I write a film, there's a particular thing I am wrestling with and the question or concern I'm dealing with has to be big enough for me to dedicate a year or two of my life. If the question isn't big enough, or rich enough, I'll lose interest.

Josh Radnor

LifeI AmMeRichMy LifeYear

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