Sir William Arthur Lewis Quotes & Sayings

Mum said no one has ever called me by my first name so I've always assumed that even as a baby they could tell I wasn't an Arabella, a name with loops and flourishes in black-inked calligraphy; a name that contains within it girls called Bella or Bells or Belle - so many beautiful possibilities. No, from the start I was clearly a Beatrice, sensible and unembellished in Times New Roman, with no one hiding inside. — Rosamund Lupton

Painting is almost like a sport. It's like this action thing. When I do it, I'm really not thinking. The paintings are like a diary that I might not want to read again. — Alison Mosshart

I feel comfortable in my skin ... I used to run around my house naked when I was 13. — Britney Spears

Friendship is a poetry of life that is written in two hearts. — Debasish Mridha

I spent a lot of time at my grandparents in the school holidays, and the only books in the house were a copy of the Bible and Agatha Christie's 'Murder at the Vicarage.' I developed a taste for murder mysteries and then later discovered libraries, second-hand bookshops, and jumble sales. — Val McDermid

At night when I can't sleep, I play blackjack online until I get tired or I lose my money. — Nicky Hilton

I'm a man. A speak-my-mind, fight-for-what-I-believe, bleed-for-my-country, red-meat-eating man. I don't bow down to anyone. — Kendall Ryan

I source images and ideas from different parts of my experiences, and sometimes they are things that are made-up, or just appear out of nowhere, like out of a dream or an image that I've seen in a book, or even the title of a book that I'm staring at on a shelf. It's a good way to write songs, just stare at a bookshelf! — Julia Stone

Ian was living in fairyland and in our own way we all helped him to stay there. — Deborah Curtis

No matter how bad the individual, everybody has reasons for why they do what they do. — Chris Pine