Lovely Quotes - Page 37

• I can only guess that it made the world he went back to...strangely without meaning. Though he lived in it, though he even enjoyed it, it remained utterly remote. I think it had lost sense for him. In his heart was the reflection of a lovely dream that he could never quite recall.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Change, Dream, Memories

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• This next presenter is so lovely you could eat her up with a spoon

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Spoons, Oscars, Next

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• A strong nation is one that is loved by its people and, as Edmund Burke put it, for a country to be loved it ought to be lovely.

  Ronald Reagan

  Country, Strong, People

  Reagan, Ronald (1988). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1986”, p.226, Best Books on

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• In all things rest is sweet; there is sur feit even in honey, even in Aphrodite s lovely flowers.

  Pindar

  Sweet, Flower, Honey

  Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”

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• The movie feels to me like a real work of lovely art.

  Jeff Goldblum

  Art, Real, Feels

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• Elsewhere in Italy is the lovely city of Venice, which each year attracts millions of visitors despite the fact that it is basically an enormous open sewer.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Humorous, Italian

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need”, p.143, Ballantine Books

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• I get to work with great photographers, wear lovely clothes, be part of the creative process.

  Alexa Chung

  Clothes, Creative, Photographer

  "Women of Britain - your designers need you!" by Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. February 27, 2009.

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• It is, alas, chiefly the evil emotions that are able to leave their photographs on surrounding scenes and objects and whoever heard of a place haunted by a noble deed, or of beautiful and lovely ghosts revisiting the glimpses of the moon?

  Algernon Blackwood

  Beautiful, Moon, Evil

  Algernon Blackwood (2015). “Collected Works of Algernon Blackwood (Unabridged): 10 Novels & 80+ Short Stories: The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories, John Silence Series, Jimbo, The Willows, The Human Chord, The Education of Uncle Paul, The Wave, The Listener…”, p.2578, e-artnow

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• I can't promise to love someone for ever. I can't imagine anyone could promise to love me for ever. I mean, it sounds like a lovely day, but I go to red carpet events all the time and I'm the centre of attention so it's not like I'm looking for that!

  Kelly Brook

  Mean, Promise, Sound

  "Kelly Brook" by Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2009.

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• I have a lovely office at the back of my house; it's an old stable and you can see right out to the countryside on one side and into the house on the other side.

  Eoin Colfer

  Office, House, Sides

  "Quickfire interview: Eoin Colfer" by Jen Bowden, www.theguardian.com. October 12, 2012.

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• I think it would be lovely to see some features on a disc of 'The Rocketeer,' with some reminiscing. I think that would be dynamite.

  Billy Campbell

  Thinking, Reminiscing, Would Be

  "Billy Campbell Talks THE ROCKETEER 20th Anniversary Blu-ray and Season Finale of THE KILLING". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 13, 2011.

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• I had a lovely, feral, free childhood - out and then come back when you're hungry or it gets too dark. I feel slightly cruel that I'm not offering my children the same.

  Olivia Colman

  Children, Dark, Offering

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• This may sound mad, but you sort of assume that no one's going to watch what you do. You go on set, have a lovely time, and then you forget anyone's going to see it. So it's always a bit of a shock to be recognized. I get terribly embarrassed.

  Olivia Colman

  Mad, Sound, Watches

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• For me, the most exciting thing is to create good magic that's entertaining for an audience, and it would be lovely if a magician was fooled as well.

  Ricky Jay

  Magic, Would Be, Exciting

  "Seven Lies About Lying". Interview with Errol Morris, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. August 5, 2009.

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• Working with Mario Testino was a joy. He's very young spirited, and it's always lovely and a pleasure to spend time talking to him about all different things.

  Cara Delevingne

  Talking, Joy, Different

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• New York is a lovely city. It is an easy city to go back to and an easy city to leave. Every time I go there I immediately make travel plans.

  Kiran Desai

  New York, Cities, Easy

  "The publishing world is pretty heinous: Kiran Desai". Interview with Nabanita Sircar, www.indiatoday.in. October 30, 2006.

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• If you write a lovely story about India, you're criticized for selling an exotic version of India. And if you write critically about India, you're seen as portraying it in a negative light - it also seems to be a popular way to present India, sort of mangoes and beggars.

  Kiran Desai

  Writing, Light, India

  "Kiran Desai Talk Asia interview". Interview With Anjali Rao, www.cnn.com. April 24, 2007.

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• I don't get recognized all the time, but it tends to happen more in America, and people are so lovely when they do.

  Michelle Dockery

  America, People, Happens

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I was raised in a very old fashioned Ireland where women were reared to be lovely.

  Anne Enright

  Old Fashioned, Raised, Ireland

  "Anne Enright, Author, Answers Questions About ‘The Forgotten Waltz’". www.huffingtonpost.com. October 10, 2011.

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• Little bitty bags are completely impractical - I like big slouchy bags because they have to be comfortable for my lovely wee Chihuahua Tequila, who comes everywhere with me. I'm devoted to him, now my kids have long since flown the nest.

  Britt Ekland

  Kids, Long, Littles

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• I want to have a family and I'd like to live in a lovely big house, with a massive driveway and gates and loads of kids.

  Jennifer Ellison

  Kids, House, Want

  "Exclusive: My lover by Jennifer Ellison". www.mirror.co.uk. July 5, 2005.

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• People think the gold medal is yours and they say you're going to win - but they have no idea how hard it is. People aren't doing it negatively - they're mostly lovely and they really do want you to win - but they don't understand the difficulty and intensity of competition.

  Jessica Ennis

  Thinking, Winning, Ideas

  "Jessica Ennis: 'I'm getting to that point where I'm ready to peak'". Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. May 21, 2012.

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• I grew up on a farm - it was a lovely life; we'd make tree houses all day - and my parents worked from home.

  Joanne Froggatt

  Home, House, Tree

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• I've always known a lot of very bad people, destructive, brutes of a certain kind. Then I've seen these lovely impulses and what not, and they've stayed with me and comforted me.

  Paula Fox

  People, Kind, Certain

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• I'm really enjoying living in Los Angeles. It's a great city to live in. I'm living a very suburban domesticated lifestyle out there - a two bedroomed little bungalow with two cars, and we're just driving around, going to meetings here and there - it's lovely!

  Ioan Gruffudd

  Cities, Two, Car

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