I can't understand these chaps who go round American universities explaining how they write poems: It's like going round explaining how you sleep with your wife.
Philip Larkin
Related I can't understand these chaps who go round American universities explaining how they write poems: I... PHILIP LARKIN You can't go round looking like a rag. GIN WIGMORE I wouldn't have made it past the first round of American Idol auditions. It was months before ou... MALIN AKERMAN With families, your priorities shift. You're not going to be like, 'Let's go out on tour... DREW LACHEY There's a rebirth that goes on with us continuously as human beings. I don't understand, per... DUSTIN HOFFMAN I don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it. ELAINE STRITCH Football isn't nuclear physics, but it's not so simple that you can make it simple. It takes... JOHN MADDEN Here's the thing, men have to also mature in how they see women, too. Because they need to under... JADA PINKETT SMITH It's not how big your pencil is; it's how you write your name. DAVE MUSTAINE I don't want to just go to the playoffs, I don't want to go to the playoffs and win the firs... ALLEN IVERSON It's amazing how many introverts go into the ministry. It's amazing how many people go into ... JOHN PIPER I don't think know if anything's going to translate anywhere. You're making a movie, you... BEN STILLER The notion of getting under the hood and explaining how something works, that's fairly familiar ... SCOTT MCCLOUD I hate patriotism... I can't stand it. It's a round world last time I checked. BILL HICKS As awkward as it sounds. I'm not Shane Larkin, Barry Larkin's son, anymore. It's Barry L... SHANE LARKIN Brazil - they're so good it's like they are running round the pitch playing with themselves. JOHN MOTSON I think you're certainly going to see much closer racing. But, no, these are very good teams in ... DAN WHELDON A journalist asked this to my father. He spent a day with me and interviewing my friends/colleagues ... CHRISTOPHER POOLE Never think you can't do something. I definitely never thought I could write a book, and even af... CONNOR FRANTA With 'Inside Out,' no matter how good the photo or how big the pasting, people will like it ... JR How can you expect a man who's warm to understand one who's cold? ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN It's not getting any better, is it? I don't want my 19-year-old boy going into the army. I l... BURT BACHARACH I think it would collapse my heart if I was super famous. I don't have the nerve for it, I'm... BO BURNHAM I can't actually believe how good 'The Sopranos' is. I genuinely am dumbfounded by it. I... MARTIN FREEMAN Between Twitter and Facebook and how close you can be with your fans and how close they can be to yo... HOLLAND RODEN People don't understand how much influence they can actually have on a writer, how much a writer... THOMAS MCGUANE The Royal Family are not like you and me. They live in houses so big that you can walk round all day... A. N. WILSON Throughout history, clothes represented who you were; they are a great vehicle for explaining who yo... IRIS APFEL Here's how I work: It's 2013, and most marketers are operating like it's 2009. I'm a... GARY VAYNERCHUK This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped.... DORIS LESSING I need to get a wife. But it's hard, you know, it's hard to find a girl you can trust. Some ... JUDAH FRIEDLANDER It's important to see how people see your work and how they feel about it. I know a lot of direc... XAVIER DOLAN Everyone today is like, 'Shailene, you're getting so much buzz. How does the feel?' It... SHAILENE WOODLEY I do not understand how it is that financial institutions could think that they could take taxpayer ... ELIZABETH WARREN If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another. CHARLES MAURICE DE TALLEYRAND I don't like hawking 'round other people's memories. That wasn't part of the deal wh... HUGO PRATT People who are extremely inside their head, like he was, are caught in a neurosis that goes round an... VINCENT D'ONOFRIO I do know people who buy these huge houses but I always think, 'What about all that furniture? Y... NEIL MORRISSEY My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought... ILYASAH SHABAZZ I lose myself in music because I can't be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around ... ROBERT SMITH It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it d... RICHARD P. FEYNMAN I have to keep explaining to people that screen kissing isn't quite the same; it's close, bu... MARGOT ROBBIE I think there's such a fine line in a relationship. The role of imagination and privacy... how m... KATIE KITAMURA It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square. PETE ROSE I think you have to learn for yourself how to write. I'm slightly mystified by creative writing ... KATE ATKINSON Oh, I love Nottingham. I know some people go, 'Oh God, there's not much going off there,'... VICKY MCCLURE It's very difficult for people who don't play video games to understand their power simply b... BING GORDON I'm always amazed to hear of air crash victims so badly mutilated that they have to be identifie... PAUL MERTON Here's the deal: You can't go in with the intent that, 'All right, we're gonna write... RICKEY MEDLOCKE People don't understand that I have a great relationship with my parents - like, how that can ex... KATY PERRY You can't take sides when you know the earth is round. PATRICIA SUN Yes, I'm a patriotic person. For these people who disgrace the American way and burn our flag an... PAYNE STEWART If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up. ALAN PERLIS There's not enough time in each day to really focus enough attention on any one thing, but I'... ALEX GUARNASCHELLI I don't feel that I'm explaining the world or teaching people anything. And I'm not tryi... STEVEN WRIGHT What I don't like so much is people who - how do you say this? - who make judgments over the gen... JOHN DE MOL, JR. I think to this day, 'Superman/Wonder Woman' is probably one of the trickiest things I'v... CHARLES SOULE If you want to write, write it. That's the first rule. And send it in, and send it in to someone... ROBERT B. PARKER Age shouldn't affect you. It's just like the size of your shoes - they don't determine h... MORRISSEY I always laugh at these rock n'rollers where you can't understand them. Mind you, it's n... HARRY CONNICK, JR. No matter how old you are, there are things you can pick up to round out your stocking. JEFF LENARD I have friends who say, 'You just can't understand what it's like to be a mother until y... NATASHA LEGGERO I realized going back and writing and explaining in details the difficulties I had lived actually be... JENNI RIVERA I don't think some athletes understand how big it is to be an athlete, what they can do with jus... MATT KEMP You can go to the Internet and know more than your mom in two seconds. It's crazy how fast teena... KATIE FINNERAN I've seen pictures of myself with makeup on, and I look like those women who look like they'... CARRIE FISHER No matter how hard you kick, no matter how high you get, you can't go all the way round. JOHN GREEN They say I'm insane because I need to have so much creative control. They say I'm unmanageab... IGGY AZALEA I mean one of the things about being alone is that you've no people to define yourself off, I me... DIANA WYNNE JONES It's like, remember who you always were, where you came from, who your parents were, how they ra... MICHELLE OBAMA Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you... CATE BLANCHETT Like you and your woman ain't gettin' along and you're in love. You can't sleep at n... JOHN LEE HOOKER For me, songwriting starts with a melody. When a musician plays a chord progression, either the word... RAIN PHOENIX My journey began when I found out about YouTube on how do you make music, and from that, people star... ALAN WALKER You can't learn to write in college. It's a very bad place for writers because the teachers ... RAY BRADBURY There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round. PAUL AUSTER How your social network - the people that you know, or in your community - understand or value a wor... DAVID WEINBERGER I like to go to parties where I know everyone. How are you going to have fun with people you don'... MARY-KATE OLSEN You can't change history. These things happened the way they did. What you can change is how you... MARGOT LEE SHETTERLY Because you are women, people will force their thinking on you, their boundaries on you. They will t... AMITABH BACHCHAN I just don't understand how you can not be concerned about your appearance. From time to time I&... STEPHEN BAYLEY I'm not terribly well read. My wife forces books into my hands and insists I read them, which I&... PETER CAPALDI I won't call my work entertainment. It's exploring. It's asking questions of people, con... JOHN CASSAVETES I don't fully understand my wife's emotions - and I'm supposed to write an excellent fem... EVAN GOLDBERG It's about enjoying your life. If you have no family, no friends to enjoy it with, it don't ... VANILLA ICE Teach your children how to behave with animals. Adopt a pet. Don't go buy one. Please. That'... SHELLEY MORRISON I was a big fan of 'Star Trek.' But then again, you know, 'Star Trek', 'Star War... DEEP ROY You know, kicking people's butts with round-edged boots is good, but with pointy shoes, it's... PAULINE MAROIS I always run into these Ph.D.s. They write and write and write about sustainable development. Then t... JAIME LERNER My earliest memories are of my father explaining to me the American Dream and how he expected me to ... JOE LHOTA Every time I do a play, it's as if I've never done one before. I'm always confused. I al... CRISTIN MILIOTI There's a lot of people who don't want anything from me but to laugh and have a good time. Y... DAVE CHAPPELLE I was repeatedly told that there isn't an African American woman who can open a show on Broadway... LYNN NOTTAGE Let me tell you about the nap. It's absolutely fantastic. When I was a kid, my father was always... PHILIP ROTH It's hard to imagine you've got these massive wings in your back. You have to think about ho... BEN HARDY Who are "THEY", you are one of "They" and they are the people/humans. DEYTH BANGER Many writers can't make a living. So to be able to teach how to write is valuable to them. But I... CHINUA ACHEBE I like the paranormal side a lot; that's my favorite kind of horror movie because it plays on yo... SHANLEY CASWELL I think about death a lot, like I think we all do. I don't think of suicide as an option, but as... RYAN GOSLING It's got to do with putting yourself in other people's shoes and seeing how far you can come... CHRISTIAN BALE
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But a lack of playing time can also lead to a lack of confidence for hi... JUDI LARKIN One player is in Australia. And another is out with a shoulder injury. Also, being in the northern p... JUDI LARKIN Find people that are great and learn from them, be selfless with all of the great knowledge that you... JOE LARKIN At some point, rock 'n' roll was mainly guys. So it makes sense that women would stand there and wat... PATTY LARKIN Any mother alive tries to protect their family, and teachers are our family. We need to speak out an... JEAN LARKIN WEIGHTMAN I think the nicest part was hearing from the parents that you listened. JEAN LARKIN WEIGHTMAN Gosh, real history will be lost. He will be sorely missed. He's just a close friend, and such a char... JEAN LARKIN WEIGHTMAN I don't think Pasco County has had a finer school board member. JEAN LARKIN WEIGHTMAN Elegance is all in the mind of the wearer. PHILIP TREACY Hats make people feel good, and that's the point of them. PHILIP TREACY I don't like department stores. I had a chain of department stores back in 1994 which was Lewis&... PHILIP GREEN I'm in the retail business, not the circus business. PHILIP GREEN You are forced to have the best data capture, the best information, when you have goods in hundreds ... PHILIP GREEN I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I... PHILIP GREEN You've got to love what you do to really make things happen. PHILIP GREEN They already know all about brands... but what 16- and 17-year-olds won't necessarily have is ex... PHILIP GREEN We're in a celebrity culture, and when I turn on the news today I hear about Lindsay Lohan, Tige... PHILIP YANCEY Either I will find a way, or I will make one. PHILIP SIDNEY I am brave, but I take a view. It is an educated view. I am careful. I am not reckless. PHILIP GREEN Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own. PHILIP TREACY Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise. PHILIP MASSINGER My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a v... PHILIP ZIMBARDO Bullies are often people who are shy and can't make friends easily, so, as the theme of the movi... PHILIP ZIMBARDO Undermining experience, embellishing experience, rearranging and enlarging experience into a species... PHILIP ROTH Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion PHILIP WYLIE All this, and Heaven too! PHILIP HENRY Bullies may be the perpetrators of evil, but it is the evil of passivity of all those who know what ... PHILIP ZIMBARDO It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is mos... PHILIP SIDNEY Adam and Eve are like imaginary numbers, like the square root of minus one... If you include it in y... PHILIP PULLMAN The hardship of living in a refugee camp made me psychologically strong. PHILIP EMEAGWALI Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim ... PHILIP CROSBY The important thing to recognize is that it takes a team, and the team ought to get credit for the w... PHILIP CALDWELL Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers
Of such as do offend, make less the sin. PHILIP MASSINGER I got a good heart but my attitude gat people thinking I'm evil GENEREUX PHILIP A Jew without Jews, without Judaism, without Zionism, without Jewishness, without a temple or an arm... PHILIP ROTH A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy un... PHILIP ROTH Being a practiced liar doesn't mean you have a powerful imagination. Many good liars have no imagina... PHILIP PULLMAN After finding no qualified candidates for the position of principal, the school board is extremely p... PHILIP STREIFER I don't believe in it. All writing is difficult. The most you can hope for is a day when it goes rea... PHILIP PULLMAN Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly whe... PHILIP ROTH You may boldly say, you did not plough
Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands
With the fruit... PHILIP MASSINGER You cannot change what you are, only what you do. PHILIP PULLMAN If God could run out of grace, He would’ve for me by now. And yet every morning I wake up, He says... GENEREUX PHILIP To some, the image of a pale body glimmering on a dark night whispers of defeat. What good is a God ... PHILIP YANCEY There's a hunger for stories in all of us, adults too. We need stories so much that we're even willi... PHILIP PULLMAN We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts: we need books, time, and si... PHILIP PULLMAN After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world. PHILIP PULLMAN Keep away from the kinship of the individuals who continually ask and examine the imperfections of o... GENEREUX PHILIP I can’t bear the thought of oblivion, Asriel,” she continued. “Sooner anything than that. I us... PHILIP PULLMAN The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few. PHILIP KNIGHT Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here. PHILIP MASSINGER If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve. PHILIP WYLIE I write fiction and I'm told it's autobiography, I write autobiography and I'm told it's fiction, so... PHILIP ROTH It isn't that you subordinate your ideas to the force of the facts in autobiography but that you con... PHILIP ROTH Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the... PHILIP GUEDALLA All architects want to live beyond their deaths. PHILIP JOHNSON Only in America do these peasants, our mothers, get their hair dyed platinum at the age of sixty, an... PHILIP ROTH Optimism and humor are the grease and glue of life. Without both of them we would never have survive... PHILIP BUTLER When in doubt, delete it. PHILIP COSBY When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it. PHILIP ROTH He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself. PHILIP MASSINGER We do pretty much whatever we want to. PHILIP JOHNSON It is better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same. PHILIP GIBBS