"I think in this country [UK] we could do with rather less political correctness and more straight talking across the board."

-- Philip Davies

#Country Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Talking Quotes

“The characters emerge from my rather twisted mind. That's another enjoyable part of the job making stuff up.”

Source : Interview with Carol Fitzgerald, Joe Hartlaub, and Wiley Saichek, www.bookreporter.com. November 21, 2003.
“The Babylonian and Assyrian civilizations have perished; Hammurabi, Sargon and Nebuchadnezzar are empty names; yet Babylonian mathematics is still interesting, and the Babylonian scale of 60 is still used in Astronomy.”
“My dreams are always quite attainable, I wouldn't like to spend a lot of money on a car. I've got a mental block about splurging on something so visible like that. I could do it on a watch or something because that's quite personal and it isn't something that's on show all the time, but with a car everyone thinks you're a show-off. But one thing I would really like is a Ford Mustang - for me, that's the attainable dream. You look at it and you just think "F*** yes!" - you can hear an electric guitar solo playing in your head!”
“No person, possession, profession, or position ever fills the cup of a wounded, empty heart. It's an emptiness only God can fill.”
“I consider that there are different degrees of civilization and there are many different ways of expressing it. But one is civilized or is not.”
“If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.”
“The paintings of Francis Bacon to my eye are very beautiful. The paintings of Bosch or Goya are to my eye very beautiful. I've also stood in front of those same paintings with people who've said, 'let's get on to the Botticellis as soon as possible.' I have lingered, of course.”
“A goal without a plan is a wish. What's your plan? It's on you, because you have to do all the work.”

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