Conkers Derbyshire Quotes & Sayings

Forgiveness is a conscious choice to become more liberated and less constrained by the past. This simple act of changing one's mindset can be the wellspring of tolerance, mercy, and compassion. — Brent Green

I learned from watching and I learned form doing. — Claire Bloom

The alchemy of good curating amounts to this: Sometimes, placing one work of art near another makes one plus one equal three. Two artworks arranged alchemically leave each intact, transform both, and create a third thing. — Jerry Saltz

I always think it's far more admirable to confuse people than it is to reassure them. — Will Sheff

...I did what most kids do when their world feels destroyed. I tried to care less about what remained...It was untrue, of course. — Adam Haslett

I think both of us [ with Steve Oram], once we decided to do comedy, knew that we would have to come to London to do that. — Alice Lowe

For Singapore, its test for its own democracy must be whether it fit and serve the interests of its people and conditions, and not serve some abstract ideal that the Western media thought it ought to conform to. If in 10 years, Philippines, Taiwan and Korea were better societies because they adopted the US model, Singapore would hurry to catch. — Goh Chok Tong

The basic function of a comic is stand-up because it's so straightforward and simple. If the audience don't laugh, you didn't do your job. I've had some audiences where I didn't care if they laughed or not because they were either too drunk or stupid. — Marcus Brigstocke

That the principle which regulates the existing social relations between the two sexes
the legal subordination of one sex to the other
is wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human improvement; and that it ought to be replaced by a principle of perfect equality, admitting no power or privilege on the one side, nor disability on the other. — John Stuart Mill

The goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians. — Adyashanti

The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom. — Georg Cantor

One of my first dreams when I was a child was becoming a painter. — Hideo Kojima

It would be great to do theater one day, but I don't think I'd do a musical. — Alia Shawkat

Discover the inner beauty and wonder within your heart. When you open then follow your Heart your life will become truly wonderful. — Steven Redhead

I always hope for roles that have some depth and that I can get my teeth into and that will challenge me, in some way. — Felicity Jones