Graham Quotations

Certainly, my exposure in high school to writers like Flannery O'Connor, Shusaku Endo, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Graham Greene was formative.

After reading Graham Greene and Joseph Conrad when I was a student at Yale, I wanted to live in the world they captured in their books. I had had some experience living in Africa. I was drawn to that kind of adventure.

'The Discovery of France' by Graham Robb is teaching me lots about a country I've long loved but realise I didn't really know.

I am a Graham Greene fan - I'm just a ferocious reader. I read an awful lot when I get the time.

Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, Albert Camus, Graham Greene - they influenced my life to a profound extent.

Of John Le Carre's books, I've only read 'The Spy Who Came In From The Cold,' and I haven't read anything by Graham Greene, but I've heard a great deal about how 'Your Republic Is Calling You' reminded English readers of those two writers. I don't really have any particular interest in Cold War spy novels.

Writing about Africa by Africans has been part of my literary apprenticeship, standing alongside works by authors such as Joseph Conrad, Joyce Cary and Graham Greene as influences.

If you'd told the young Graham Norton that I'd one day have this amount of money, I'd have assumed it would have come from a lottery win.

If you want to build a startup that has a good chance of succeeding, don't listen to me. Listen to Paul Graham and others who are applying tons of data to the idea of startup success. That will maximize your chance of being successful.

For a while we were chasing a book by Graham Greene to do Brighton Rock as a musical. We didn't get the rights, so we decided to create something from scratch, with Jonathan. By that time we were big fans of his work.

When George Graham was there they complained, harking back to better days, but I think that's a fantasy.

I think of my parents as a single unit, and it's interesting because they shared so much, and they were totally opposite. My mother, a Martha Graham dancer, had a classical background; my father had a back-porch background.

Graham Greene's work must be included in any survey of top-rank spy novels, and 'Our Man in Havana' may be his best.

I've always danced and exercised. I can't imagine not doing it. I'll be Martha Graham in my 90s doing contractions on the floor.

When you look at the light bulb above you, you remember Thomas Alva Edison. When the telephone bell rings, you remember Alexander Graham Bell. Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. When you see the blue sky, you think of Sir C.V. Raman.

Family is everything, although I've been fortunate enough to have worked with some of the most amazing minds over the years, including Renzo Piano, John Young, Graham Stirk and Ivan Harbour.

When I get asked about novelists I like, they tend to be white, male, and British, like Graham Greene. They write the kind of declarative sentences I like. I don't like to be deflected by acrobatics.

I have a great pic of my father and Rev. Graham laughing hysterically at some joke with George Pratt Shultz looking on back in 1972 or so.

I've met people of great faith. I sat in the home of Billy Graham and in the residence of Cardinal Dolan and prayed with these men of God.

We started to do a lot of the things today that we've been working on. We need to continue to do those things in each game and keep improving so we're at our peak come playoff time. Derek Graham possibly had his best game of the year with two goals and an assist.

What has not changed is the ballistics report saying the gun that Mr. Graham had is not the one that killed Mr. Lambert, that has not changed, the lack of positive identification has not changed, the lack of cross-examination has not changed, inadequate legal representation has not changed,

With this expansion, we can better support our growing customer base in Asia-Pacific. I am thrilled to welcome Graham on board and am sure that under his leadership NetCracker will become the undisputed leader in Asia-Pacific as we have in North America and Europe.

We'll see. We might not do it at all, ... That might just be smokescreen because we do have other venues that we attack with. To have the emergence of Earnest Graham is big. We all know that Pittman can function in any formation and Carnell is a guy we think can be great, so yeah, we're really excited. It's been a while.

Sen. Graham recognizes the importance of having an ILS at the Aiken airport. He continues to work with state and local officials to ensure Congress and the FAA recognize this priority,

Sen. Graham is one of the nation's leading advocates for hydrogen and fuel cell research,

Sen. Graham and I do not think it would be appropriate to vote on this bill while the president is there, so we have agreed to delay the vote,

Senator (Lindsey) Graham has not agreed to delay a vote on the China currency legislation. No decision has been made and any insinuation to the contrary is nothing more than uninformed speculation.

She's more lovable now than ever. She stands on her hind legs and asks for treats - graham crackers are her favorites.

Mrs. Graham was an important and remarkable person in our profession and all of us lucky enough to know her are deeply saddened by her untimely death.

Nelson does not have the strong persona that Bob Graham had.

People working together to implement new marina waste ordinances that were approved in Graham and Swain counties made this program successful.

Plummer is the Billy Graham of the NFL. He can make 70,000 people say 'Jesus' in unison.

Only if, for some reason, the government falls, there is an election and the Liberals win, Mr. Graham presumably would lead them into an election should that be held.

I wish Graham the best of luck. There is absolutely no bitterness on my part.

I work every day until I do not have more to say. I learned from Graham Greene that a very good way is to stop work in the middle of a sentence. Then you know exactly how to continue the day after.

I don't know about "any" publisher. But Katharine Graham and I had been working together for almost seven years and we had come to trust each other.

I don't consider myself to be incredibly confident, or really lacking in confidence. When you're on Jonathan Ross' or Graham Norton's show, inevitably there's something to sell. And there's a live audience; you're sat between Cameron Diaz and Tinie Tempah - I don't really see it as 'me.' It would be odd if it was.

I believe that what has happened in West Tisbury is going to have echoes for years to come around the ways we raise property taxes in Massachusetts. I think Bill Graham has shown us that there are huge flaws - frightening flaws - in the way towns conduct this type of business. There can be nothing arbitrary - and there should be nothing subjective - about the process of taxation. That's been a cornerstone of our government and our society.

I can't say enough about the effort Graham Brown gave us against a frontline like Indiana has.

I can tell you that Sen. Graham is concerned about energy costs in general.

We took a step in the right direction tonight. What a great way to go into a tough tournament like the Graham tournament we have this weekend.

He kept the place going while President Graham in particular pursued the additional ends of those involved in the presidency.

He likes the contact. They all pick hard, but running into Graham is like running into a wall. You can't get through him.

It is a little better than the current formula, but Sen. Graham still has concerns. South Carolina and other Sunbelt states have traditionally been left behind when it comes to votes like these.

I think we have a really unique and wonderful opportunity to work with the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. I hope our work together comes to fruition.

I was working with Bill Graham management at the time and it was obvious to everyone concerned that albums like Open Fire, while they were good for me creatively, were not going to be commercially successful.

Our guys have heard a lot about their guys and (Brandon) Graham (the Detroit News' No. 1-ranked player in the preseason) and it kind of gets in their heads.

Our sweeper Alex Tucker really stood out in the back field and Derek Graham played his best game of the season as a striker, he was all over the place.

My parents were interested in history and the world. My father read Graham Greene and Georges Simenon and was a strong trade unionist and Labour supporter.

I tell you what, Toronto's got a scrappy, young team, ... They kicked our butts on the boards early in the game and they just keep coming at you. The young guys really give them a spark and I didn't think Graham was going to miss at first and then they just started hurting us on the boards. It's a good scrappy team and we were lucky to get out of it with the win.

Troupe and Graham started off strong inside and Joe Travis added to that. Those three are tough for a team to defend. Our defense was focused and well-executed and I thought it was our best first half this year.

We're not expecting any type of protest to the extent of the Gary Graham and Karla Faye Tucker executions, ... We've heard rumors that Jesse Jackson plans to be here, but those rumors have not been substantiated.

Today's collaborative technologies are presenting a real challenge for patent law, ... and for the kinds of thinking that emerged at the time of Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, when individual inventions seemed much more distinct, much less complex.

There has been a transformation - you can feel it among the players - but I can hold my hand up and say that is not down to me coaching on the field. You'd be better off asking Michael Foley and Richard Graham about that because they have been in charge, not me.

What the guys have learned is that whether you're preaching to one or 10,000, it really doesn't matter. That one person you touch may change the nation - could be the Billy Graham of Ethiopia.

We'd actually met him once when he was at Cambridge. Then Terry Gilliam came along and started doing cartoons in the last series. We knew of John (Cleese) and Graham (Chapman) and what they were doing. They were doing a thing called 'The Last 1948 Show.' So it was really 'Don't Adjust Your Set' gets together with 'The Last 1948 Show'... John wanted to work with Mike Palin. At that time we decided not to do another series of 'Don't Adjust Your Set,' and we all came in the package: Mike and me and Eric and Terry Gilliam. We said, 'Let's all do it together.' We all liked what each other did.

Bill Graham was a pack rat. I think Bill Graham just put everything down in that storage area and was going to keep it forever.

Florida is wide open, ... With Bob Graham being in the race, virtually every one of the movers and shakers were committed to him. Now that he's out of the race, the race is wide open and the convention will basically be the kickoff for anyone of them who wants to compete here.

Things were at a fairly low ebb. Everybody knew me but I wasn't getting much work. So Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews asked me to string together a series of expletives, which I did in the style of this other character, and they just sort of looked at each other.

I've wanted to do this job for a long time. I've thought about it since I was in college and served as an intern for Graham Richard in the Senate.

The Texas criminal justice system is fair and Mr. Graham did get a fair trial. And he has gotten a fair review by more than 20 different courts and 33 judges,

promoter Bill Graham brought us to Fillmore to back up the Who.

North Queensland has always had a great pool of talent, but since Graham took over we have done a much better job of retaining those really top kids as well as being able to attract high quality young guys from other clubs.

After Graham had given one or two a kick up the backside they were sent out because we wanted them to refocus. We knew it would be more of the same from Thistle and we couldn't afford to be lethargic. And in the second half we did start pretty well but then we dropped it again.

After me, everybody started drafting speed. But they used to laugh at a lot of those guys because they couldn't catch. Otto Graham once said that I had 9.1 speed and 12-flat hands, but I proved him wrong. I was the leader of the pack.

The Browns-Lions series strikes me as important. It established Otto Graham and Bobby Layne.

This is the end of 19 years of legal battle, where Mr. Graham was vigorously and legally represented. He was given every consideration for his claims. It was time for this to be carried out.

There was no need to discuss that. Graham has 100 per cent responsibility for the first-team. He is the gaffer - that's what Graham wanted to be.

It's going to be hard to replace a guy like Henrique. (Junior) Graham Lentz will be that guy that everyone depends on. He needs to recognize it and take on that responsibility.

It's a very important economic development project for our state, and Senator Graham was pleased he was able to help secure funding.

David Graham is a quality striker and I'm sure he'll score the goals we need and produce the goods.

The nutrition information will be presented in a way that will make it fun and meaningful for children, as well as their parents. We will do a few food experiments, such as having the kids guess the fat content in several milk samples and having them eat a graham cracker so slowly that they can actually observe and even write down words to describe its taste and texture.

The number one priority of the Vancouver Police Department is to return Graham safely to his family. The next priority will be catching the people responsible.

The big thing will be rebounding. We've keyed on that every game. We have to rebound. And we can't let Graham go off and have a big game. He's going to score, he's too good to hold down, but we just can't let him go crazy.

It's important to remember we're comparing results of Aboriginal students without reference to the general population. Relative to other schools (and based on the report), Carson Graham is not successful in ensuring that its Aboriginal students do well. But I strongly believe the report card provides the greatest benefit to schools that are not successful.

I've heard a lot about Graham and they're supposed to be pretty good, but we're going to bust our butts in practice this week,

There was a secret oral side agreement that the deal was risk free to AIG. Graham further stated in another context, quote: Our group will book the transaction as a deposit. How AIG books its transaction is between them, their accountants and God.

Smith reminds me of people like Bob Graham and Lawton Chiles and Reubin Askew. Just as sort of an image, the more the Democratic candidate can get people to think about earlier popular Democratic governors, the better chance they have to win.

I'm sure he brings some toughness and even some leadership to that group. When you have a guy like that, where you gain some of the intangible things that we gain from a Graham Brown, they're invaluable to your team.

Improved packaging adds important value for our customers. The Safe-T-Can design was driven by our customers' stated priorities. Graham Packaging helped us consider many options and then designed the one that best addressed our customers' needs.

I'm kind of a mash-up of taste - Graham Greene and Jane Austen; W.G. Sebald and Alice Munro.

I have no doubt Graham is the right person to lead the Carlton Football Club and like all directors I will give him my 100 percent support and wish him every success in the role.

In researching 'The Luminaries,' I did read quite a lot of 20th-century crime. My favourites out of that were James M. Cain, Dassiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Graham Greene and Patricia Highsmith.

I remember going to see Billy Graham in a cinema in Glasgow, and he was down in London. I used to go and hear preachers, and then we always went to church and Sunday school. That mattered a lot to me.

Hey, (Rep. Lindsey) Graham is going to give some reply. Why don't you come to this press conference?

By proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Crossville and Cumberland County, Mayor Graham and Mayor Hill join the national effort to raise awareness about the prevalence of domestic violence in our community and ensure that support and services are available for all victims of abuse. These proclamations recognize that it takes the entire community to end domestic violence,

I couldn't believe someone had produced literature that was like an entirely new language, beautiful stuff. Graham Greene, everything. William Golding.

Heather Graham did pretty well after Austin Powers, so I think this business, whether it's good or bad, if a movie does well, you have options.

Graham was declared to ride the horse as it was a 48-hour declaration race. He was fine at the time but is under the weather now and he is feeling worse today, not better. He hopes to be back in the saddle on Monday but he won't be riding at the weekend.

Graham was declared to ride the horse as it was a 48-hour declaration race.

Graham runs well, too. He can get down there. I think overall when those guys are out there, we have an element of the vertical passing game from the tight ends.

Graham ran well. He got ninth against some stiff competition. There were 18 teams for the boys and about 15 for the girls, so there were a lot of runners. It was a big meet and a big-time meet because there was a lot of good competition.

Graham Poll is a very good referee but he got this one wrong.

Graham Machinery Group?s goal is really not to have the infrastructure to support every small little company in the world, but to have more strategic relationships of value, with responsible growth.

Graham looks up It is a still look, and it shuts the door gently on the subject.

Graham is as Southern as black-eyed peas, scuppernong wine, she-crab soup, Crimson Tide tailgating and a dog with ticks. She is so relentlessly Southern she makes me feel that I was born in Minnesota!

Graham is a bright and talented young man who is enthusiastic about helping Oregonians in the Second District and learning more about the inner-workings of a congressional office, ... I look forward to having him in the Bend office and know that he'll be a tremendous asset to my team on the ground in Oregon. His family and friends should be proud.

Graham hasn't missed yet. And actually, Langley is kicking off better than Graham.

Graham has done Strictly Dance Fever and there are other things in discussion, ... He's a really important face for the channel.

Graham had a secret deal with the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana that in exchange for his testimony in numerous cases the U.S. Attorney would not prosecute him for his crimes in Louisiana and would even seek a sentence reduction for his crimes in other states, ... With this motivation, Graham conveniently knew all sorts of information about nefarious dealings in other districts.