Moppett Quotes & Sayings

I remember so clearly, in the early days, if I had to do a piece of press, they'd phone for me and say, 'Oh, we're going to bring hair and makeup, it'll take about five hours.' And I said, 'Well, if it was Ian McEwan, would it take about five hours? Would there be hair and makeup? Cause if that's not the case, then don't bring the hair and makeup.' So, it's fascinating that they just assume: it's a young woman, she must want to be photographed for five hours. She must have nothing better to do than delight in trying on all your shoes. But it's not the case. — Zadie Smith

Every Englishman is an average Englishman: it is a national characteristic. — E.M. Delafield

Thus I continued about a year; all which time our neighbours did take me to be a very godly man, a new and religious man, and did marvel much to see such a great and famous alteration in my life and manners; and indeed so it was, though yet I knew not Christ, nor grace, nor faith, nor hope; for, as I have well seen since, had I then died, my state had been most fearful. — John Bunyan

I never pump up my vulgarity. I wait for it to arrive in its own terms. — Charles Bukowski

The world is a mirror and reflects back your expectations. What you get is what you see. — Denis Waitley

You can have anything in life you really want - but you can't have everything in life you really want. Decide. — Peter McWilliams