A. N. Wilson Quotes

Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.

A. N. Wilson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 27, 1950

Topics

ManWhyAdmireHimPoetSeems

In my family and in my community, I see people struggling with drug addiction, with poverty and the effects of generational poverty; I see people struggling with lack of access to healthcare.

Jesmyn Ward

FamilyCommunityPeopleHealthcare

Stand-up for me is just my opinions on things, so it wouldn't be as fun translated into a sketch. Nor would a sketch be as fun if it were me standing there saying it.

John Mulaney

FunMeSayingOpinionsSketchJust

To me there is no more depressing sight than a five-year-old staring at a screen, unsmiling, mouse in hand. Besides whatever dreadful things this prolonged exposure to screens is doing to their brains, computer games tend to be solitary affairs, and produce little laughter.

Tom Hodgkinson

LaughterMeDoingGamesHandSight

Even though people spend more of their waking hours at work than anywhere else, people underestimate how work influences their overall wellbeing and daily experience.

Tom Rath

WorkDailyExperiencePeopleMore

I had prostate cancer. It was rather painful and, in many ways, life-changing.

Roger Moore

CancerPainfulRatherLife-Changing

When Michael Jordan quit, I suddenly found myself without a sports hero.

Mike Royko

SportsMyselfHeroQuitWithout

I grew up in Los Angeles when the racial tensions between blacks and Mexicans were very high. Gang violence was very prevalent.

Miguel

ViolenceLos AngelesGangHighUp

Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one.

Jules Verne

TimeTideStopLikeTrains

My view is that Roe v. Wade had no basis in law or fact.

Josh Hawley

LawViewFactWadeRoeHad

People with high blood pressure, diabetes - those are conditions brought about by life style. If you change the life style, those conditions will leave.

Dick Gregory

LifeChangeStylePeoplePressure

Sometimes arguments get publicized so much that it gets blown all the hell out of proportion.

Dickey Betts

HellSometimesOutGetProportion

I try to find more interesting material with each project I do.

Douglas Booth

InterestingFindTryMoreProject

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