Geoffrey Leech Quotes & Sayings

Nationalism is like class. You have to have it in order to be rid of it. — Terry Eagleton

Do you see how commercial obligations bind people more closely than love? — Rafael Chirbes

My mother enjoyed acting as well with my father, who used to direct her in plays at his regiment. My sister is an excellent singer. However, it was only me who decided to pursue acting as a career. — Ajay Mehta

We are ourselves what we appreciate and no more. — Nancy Horan

You can go into caves, and they can maintain constant conditions of temperature and humidity over long periods of time, even though the outside temperature may be way above what it is inside the cave. — Hendrik Poinar

If people can live openly and be equal, then you have to have a pretty strong reason to say they can't get married. — Donald Verrilli Jr.

When you are the only laowai in a village of 10,000 Chinese martial artists and you've sat through several dozen films where a white man shouts, "You Chinese dog," before getting his ass kicked, it starts to irritate you. We all need role models. — Matthew Polly

The subliminal depths of radio are charged with the resonating echoes of tribal horns and antique drums. This is inherent in the very nature of this medium, with its power to turn the
psyche and society into a single echo chamber. — Marshall McLuhan

Face after face contorted in hate, men, women, children. Whatever lies had been voiced against me had clearly gained near-universal acceptance. I knew then that, regardless of what transpired here, my home was now lost to me. It wasn't just that these people would never accept me, more that I would never forgive their gullibility. — Anthony Ryan