Chesil Beach Quotes

#1. It's good to get your hands dirty a bit and to test how you see things at a given point. And it's very pleasing after writing something like 'Atonement' or 'On Chesil Beach,' which are historical, to get involved in some plausible re-enactment of the here and now.

Ian McEwan

#2. I would have praised you more if you had praised me less.

Louis XVI Of France

#3. I really like the European carols, and I like that captivating sound that they have that isn't usually in Christmas songs.

David Archuleta

#4. A story lives transformed by a gesture not made or a word not spoken

Ian McEwan

#5. Mused, examining her own stunning reflection

J.K. Rowling

#6. How high your awareness level is determines how much meaning you get from your world. Photography can teach you to improve your awareness level.

Ansel Adams

#7. 1,000 cows in the U.S. are alive at night and dead in the morning. These cows on the ground are ground into feed, making their fellows not only carnivores but cannibals. Europe after Mad Cows' Disease has banned this practice. The U.S has not yet.

Howard Lyman

#8. I would have to ask the public to choose between a culture of hate or a culture of love. I am sure our poor will pick the latter. With the Marcos assets, we could regain this value of sharing love with one another.

Imelda Marcos

#9. The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.

Fidel Castro

#10. I hate actual newspapers. In my opinion, they are only good for wrapping up presents or cleaning mirrors. Or packing boxes. Or stuffing into knee-high boots to help retain their shape. Or using for fun crafts. Okay, I don't hate actual newspapers, I guess.

Jasika Nicole

#11. I don't think it's important for everyone necessarily, and I totally respect that because everyone writes differently.

Neko Case

#12. I'm like any other woman - my weight fluctuates. I have a pair of jeans one size bigger than the other just in case that week I'm a little bit heavier.

Cheryl Cole

#13. Freedom only gives you something to be sorry for.

Jean-Paul Sartre

#14. When politics are used to allocate resources, the resources all end up being allocated to politics.

P. J. O'Rourke

#15. You'll never truly be happy until you've found a place that you can call your own. A place that will be in your heart.

Amber