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I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.
“I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.”
— Nigel Rees · Anything
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“I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.”
“My job involves searching for 'lost' quotations - that is, trying to find out who came up with a quotable saying that lingers in someone's mind and which they wish to use for their own purpose and which they cannot find in conventional dictionaries of quotation.”
“How come there's only one Monopolies Commission?”
“I was absolutely a non-starter at games. My report for rugby said, 'Nigel's chief contribution is his presence on the field.' I used to pray for rain and sometimes it did rain - and we played anyway.”
“Democracy is too good to share with just anybody.”
“It is part of politics to make things look better than they really are. What is a spin doctor but a serial euphemiser?”
“If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.”
“Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.”
“To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.”
“The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.”
“As a producer, I learned not to declare anything about a movie I'm not directing.”
“I'm a compulsive buyer. Anything beautiful I see I want. That's how we got the Waldorf Astoria. I told Conrad Hilton, 'I want the Waldorf,' and he bought it. The only problem was I divorced him before the escrow was finished.”