Knowledge Organiser Quotes & Sayings

Well, what family doesn't have its ups and downs? — James Goldman

She had the hard, half-apathetic expression of one who deems anything possible at the hands of time and chance, except perhaps fair play — Thomas Hardy

You don't have to be surprised when the end comes - just read the Word of God and get the full scoop! — Velyn Cooper

That old saying about opportunity only knocking once is as archaic as the flat-earth theory and as patently untrue. Opportunity knocks all the time - and it rings your doorbell, calls you up, and sends you e-mails. — Victoria Moran

If he were on fire, he couldn't act as if he were burning. He can't out-act me on the big screen. — Shaquille O'Neal

Musical acts that feign enthusiasm for what they're doing the guitarist who jumps up and down, like it's choreographed are so transparently vacuous. — John Maus

I understand that I have a certain look that can be used to my advantage. I know the power of that when I walk into a room and talk to people, and I can use it as an advertising tool. Now I am actually selling me, my face, my thoughts. So I am my guy. — Tom Ford

To me, detective stories are a great solace, a sort of mental knitting, where it doesn't matter if you drop a stitch."

[From a letter to George Lyttelton] — Rupert Hart-Davis

Bill Haskell was real. — Richard Madden