Edward Timpson Quotes & Sayings

There are three reasons why this book came into being. First, throughout the 33 years I've been writing recipes - although I'm not vegetarian myself - I have greatly enjoyed creating vegetarian recipes, and cooking and serving them at home. — Delia Smith

I'm in touch with Stick players all over the world, so I have a unique perspective on what they need from a website. Stick Enterprises is a small family-run business, but they have a depth of experience and committment that's pretty rare these days. I try to make sure that all the bases are covered for them, because I think what they do is really valuable to the music world. — Greg Howard

Without a doubt, the most ingenious plan I could ever hope to devise would be to trade my plans for God's. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

We anticipate Time, and welcome it when birth comes in the door, then we hate Time and curse it, when death exits the door. — Anthony Liccione

The land of familiarity belongs to the dead — Paul Clements

We're told that parents push their children too hard to excel (by ghostwriting their homework and hiring tutors, and demanding that they triumph over their peers), but also that parents try to protect kids from competition (by giving trophies to everyone), that expectations have declined, that too much attention is paid to making children happy.
Similarly, young adults are described as self-satisfied twits - more pleased with themselves than their accomplishments merit - but also as being so miserable that they're in therapy. Or there's an epidemic of helicopter parenting, even though parents are so focused on their gadgets that they ignore their children. The assumption seems to be that readers will just nod right along, failing to note any inconsistencies, as long as the tone is derogatory and the perspective is traditionalist. — Alfie Kohn

I got a lion on my back because I'm a Leo, and I also just love lions. But I wish I'd researched the artwork a little more. My little sister saw it and said, "Why do you have the Lion King on your back?" — Stephen Dorff

Kathel did not back down at all. "Well, Keirah told me she was suddenly unattached, if you know what I mean. And I figured, what the hell, why not have a go at her myself," Kathel said enthusiastically. — Madison Thorne Grey

A girl who bonnets a policeman with an ashcan full of bottles is obviously good wife-and-mother timber. — P.G. Wodehouse

The language we use is extremely powerful. It is the frame through which we perceive and describe ourselves and our picture of the world. — Iben Dissing Sandahl

When things are baffling they usually don't unbaffle themselves.There's just, you know, a certain amount of baffling stuff that always, like, really baffles you, and I've found that it's best to accept bafflement whenever it comes along, and then move on. — Dean Koontz

What did immortality do to one who was once mortal? It stretched him thin. — S. Jae-Jones

The sound of water says what I think. — Zhuangzi

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. — Thomas Paine

I need you to be happy. I need one of us to be happy. — Holly Black