Karl Pilkington Quotes

I had a bad experience doing public speaking at school. I had to talk about a pen for five minutes and it was really hard work. I couldn't wait to get off the stage.

Karl Pilkington

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 23, 1972

Topics

WorkHard WorkExperienceSchoolPen

Not a lot of people know I wrote the lyrics for the Arsenal club song, 'Good Old Arsenal'. We had a competition on ITV for it, and none of the entries were any good, so I approached their manager, Bertie Mee, and asked him if he would let me have a stab. He did, and within a few weeks they were singing it at Wembley on the way to the 1971 double.

Jimmy Hill

GoodCompetitionPeopleSingingSong

You're made to feel ugly, and I made ugly beautiful. Just by sheer persistence. Nobody has the right to say that I am ugly, and I will not be a professional victim, you know. Sorry!

John Lydon

BeautifulPersistenceI AmUglyYou

The future of work is really about people deciding to live and work in the way that they want.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

WorkFutureLivePeopleWantWay

Any place is good for eavesdropping, if you know how to eavesdrop.

Tom Waits

GoodYouPlaceKnowHowAny

Temerity is not always successful.

Livy

AlwaysSuccessful

You write a novel by inventing a world and inventing the rules that govern that world. Then you break the rules when you want to.

Joshua Cohen

WorldYouRulesWantWriteBreak

I recommend that people try new stuff or take new fitness classes all the time. It's important to mix up your routine, not only for your body, but also for your mental state.

Alison Sweeney

TimeFitnessPeopleBodyRoutineUp

Corporate America limits the world to consumerism. Science can limit it to the material world. Even religion limits it to a lot of theories that can explain everything. I think we need cinema to break that apart and remind us that we're not in control, and we don't understand as much as we think do.

Scott Derrickson

ScienceReligionControlWorldThink

The democratic and pedestrian character of the new Mass itself seems to invite the ditties that pass for hymns these days.

Richard Morris

CharacterNewDaysPassSeemsMass

I loved musicals, and I loved Barbra Streisand, and I loved Louis Malle. My tastes were very bizarre, but the thing they all had in common is that they took me out of my life and made me feel something.

Ryan Murphy

LifeMeLovedFeelMy LifeOut

Being Peruvian means to come from the farthest place possible to get to Europe. Peru is the land of the Incas. It was the capital of South America; it was where the Spanish founded their empire and took over the Inca Empire and made it into a colony of Spain.

Mario Testino

AmericaPlacePossibleLandOver

When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity.

Martha Beck

AppreciationPeopleCuriosityYou

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