Quotes by English/England authors (page 25)

"Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition"

"I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted"

Alan Turing, Mathematician

"A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human"

Alan Turing, Mathematician

"This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people'"

John Wycliffe, Theologian

"The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations"

John Wycliffe, Theologian

"In order to the existence of such a ministry in the Church, there is requisite an authority received from God, and consequently power and knowledge imparted from God for the exercise of such ministry; and where a man possesses these, although the bis"

John Wycliffe, Theologian

"I believe that in the end the truth will conquer"

John Wycliffe, Theologian

"I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack at doing that"

Orlando Bloom, Actor

"I remember one time that I was filming a scene in whych my character rides through Troy on a chariot. I just looked around at this incredible set thinking 'This is the life'"

Orlando Bloom, Actor

"One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty"

Edward Coke, Businessman

"It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit"

William Makepeace Thackeray, Novelist

"It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob"

William Makepeace Thackeray, Novelist

"I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses"

William Makepeace Thackeray, Novelist

"A good laugh is sunshine in the house"

William Makepeace Thackeray, Novelist

"I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material"

Orlando Bloom, Actor

"I am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends"

Orlando Bloom, Actor

"Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is not compatible with innocence"

Angela Carter, Novelist

"There are no signposts in the sea"

Vita Sackville-West, Novelist

"The sweetest noise on earth, a woman's tongue; A string which hath no discord"

Barry Cornwall, Poet

"Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up your ability, like sharpening a carving knife. You can get away with not doing it for a while, as long as you have reached a certain standard of fitness"

Graeme Le Saux, Athlete

"There's not a wind but whispers of thy name; And not a flow'r that grows beneath the moon, But in its hues and fragrance tells a tale Of thee, my love"

Barry Cornwall, Poet

"One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated"

Thomas More, Author

"I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself"

Thomas More, Author

"And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart"

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Author

"Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty"

Hannah More, Writer

"I love old books. They tell you stories about their use. You can see where the fingerprints touched the pages as they held the book open. You can see how long they lingered on each page by the finger stains"

Jack Bowman, Actor

"While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it"

Dinah Sheridan, Actress

"Seek home for rest, for home is best"

Thomas Tusser, Poet

"So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed, And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!"

Barry Cornwall, Poet

"Although I enjoyed writing Film Music it was always a means to an end, in that it enabled me to keep a wife and family and write my classical music, which has always been my passion"

Malcolm Arnold, Composer

"Shearer could be at 100 per cent fitness, but not peak fitness"

Graham Taylor, Coach

"To be really happy, we must throw our hearts over the bar and hope that our bodies will follow"

Graham Taylor, Coach

"It's the only way we can lose, irrespective of the result"

Graham Taylor, Coach

"Who quick be to borrow and slow be to pay, their credit is naught, go they ever so gay"

Thomas Tusser, Poet

"A fool and his money are soon parted"

Thomas Tusser, Poet

"Digital has obviously changed things a lot, but not all for the better as far as I'm concerned. Of course it's much more convenient and you're getting instant results, but to me it just lacks the finesse of a roll of film and it has a slightly superimposed feel"

Graeme Le Saux, Athlete

"Every life is narrow. Our only escape is not to run away, but to learn to love the people we are and the world in which we find ourselves"

Mark Haddon, Novelist

"Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye"

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Author

"Sometimes I'll go by and there are a couple of swans, the next day it's a few ducks. I'd like to stop there every day for a year and capture how it changes, then put it all together to create an incredible image of a traditional English scene"

Graeme Le Saux, Athlete

"One of the things I particularly enjoyed doing was taking raw sound from locations during the film, like the candy machine, and writing pieces of music to go with them, which is totally unnecessary within the context of the film, because they have their own logic"

Fred Frith, Composer

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