Ian Rankin Quotes

My father worked in a grocery store. When the grocery chain went into administration, he eventually got a job in the naval dockyard in an office preparing the charts for the boats and the submarines before they headed out.

Ian Rankin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: April 28, 1960

Topics

FatherJobOfficeOutGotChain

Any journalist worth his or her salt wouldn't trust me.

Joey Skaggs

TrustMeWorthSaltHerTrust Me

My mother taught me to believe in ghosts: to use a Ouija board, have seances, and leave little offerings out for those who have passed.

Jennifer McMahon

MotherMeBelieveGhostsOutLeave

When we've been bold on the Bank of England, on PFI, on great constitutional change, on the New Deal, we've been most successful. So what we have to continue to try and do is to battle with ideas and find new ways of applying those values as the world changes.

John Reid

ChangeGreatIdeasWorldBattleNew

What makes me so confident is my coaches, my team: they are the best in the world, and if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be here.

Stipe Miocic

BestMeTeamWorldConfidentHere

Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.

Shiv Khera

PositiveSuccessActionThinking

It was very liberating, living in a foreign country, a place where everything was new and strange - the food, the customs, the climate, everything.

Deborah Moggach

FoodCountryPlaceNewLivingWhere

Man I mean, the great thing about playing clubs in Harlem is people have an appreciation not just for the music but for the history of the music.

Christian Scott

MusicHistoryGreatManAppreciation

I tend to overthink things. I'm not the guy who screams 'This is a world smash!' when I finish a song.

Bruno Mars

WorldSongFinishThingsGuyWho

I love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist.

Winona Ryder

LoveFatherPhotographyFirstGenes

The #SwimSexy campaign is redefining standards of beauty, and I'm proud to be a part of it. My hope is that this campaign connects with women and girls of all ages, body-types, races, and backgrounds.

Philomena Kwao

BeautyWomenHopeProudStandards

If a novelist has created vivid characters, interesting relationships, settings the reader can easily imagine, and intriguing stories, a screenwriter has loads to work with. The challenge comes with deciding what to cut and what to keep.

Seth Grahame-Smith

WorkChallengeInterestingImagine

Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.

Thomas Beecham

MusicGreatMemoryNeverMagical

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