- Complex Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Who Quotes
Quotes on who matters and why.
These quotes highlight who shaped someone or who stands out in a field - teenage musical influences, or the rarity of actors who combine action skills with classical theater training. Related reading includes He Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Genius
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was taught Shakespeare brilliantly by an eccentric genius at Harrow named Jeremy Lemmon who made me want to be a writer.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been inspired by Martin Luther King and how he inspired a movement. I have learned that a cause must be organic; if it is to have an impact it must belong to those who join the movement and not those who lead it.
- Lead
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether individuals or organisations, we follow those who lead not because we have to, but because we want to. We follow those who lead not for them, but for ourselves.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
Leaders who fail are the ones who do it by themselves. Leaders who succeed are the ones who allow others to help them.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
What shocks me is people who have no expertise championing a view that runs counter to the mainstream scientific consensus.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was finishing my PhD, I could just see people who were a bit quicker and brighter and smarter than me and I thought, 'well they are the people who are going to make the great discoveries.'
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't wear turtlenecks. That I'm not envious of. But who knows? I might sneak out a few things and hope and pray that no one says, 'Hey, didn't you wear that when you were playing an enormous geek on TV?'
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Tory party is like a rugby union match in which all 30 players are wearing the same strip. They're not sure who they are grabbing round the knees, but they're having a lot of fun doing it.
- Diplomats
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- Nov 07, 2020
British diplomats who worked in Iran during the 1980 hostage crisis are deeply upset by Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning film 'Argo,' which suggests they refused shelter to the group who managed to get out of the U.S. embassy.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of those people who saw themselves as literary types at university became bank managers.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe because I had a sister with a disability I was already sensitised to and fascinated by people who think or develop differently.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020