Top 87 Cornish Quotes
#1. The fact that Cornish exists at all is just incredible as is the work that people are doing down there, it's such an important part of who people are.
Gwenno
#3. I've had to do all kinds of jobs to pay the rent. I've even worked in a Cornish tin mine.
Peter Wright
#4. Half of all broccoli grown commercially in America today is a single variety- Marathon- notable for it's high yield. The overwhelming majority of the chickens raised for meat in America are the same hybrid, the Cornish cross; more than 99 percent of turkeys are the Broad-Breasted Whites.
Michael Pollan
#5. One of the series I like is D.M. Cornish's 'Monster Blood Tattoo,' in which he creates a whole language. Kids who are reading that are building a language in their heads. There's no real cognitive difference. I think kids are excited by language, and they're not always given credit for that.
Matthew Tobin Anderson
#6. Love is as varied and unpredictable as the rain is: it comes in constant summer drizzles, or sudden, unforseen storms that make rivers burst their banks and Cornish fishing boats rock and spill and lose their crew in the Atlantic.
Susan Fletcher
#7. The prime feature in Cornish geology is the upheaval of the granite, distorting, folding back, and altering the superincumbent beds.
Sabine Baring-Gould
#8. There has never been a time when there has been no person in Cornwall without a knowledge of the Cornish language.
Henry Jenner
#9. The whole object of my life has been to inculcate into Cornish people a sense of their Cornishness.
Henry Jenner
#10. Benton had a strong interest in helping to ensure that Warren's home life wasn't greatly disturbed: his wife was Cornish, and that morning Warren had arrived with six Cornish pasties of remarkable flavour and succulence.
P.D. James
#11. Each culture has its own form of staged combat, evolved from its particular method of street fighting and cleaned up for presentation as a spectacle, e.g. savate, Cornish wrestling, karate, kung-fu.
David Mamet
#12. And have they fixed the where, and when?
And shall Trelawny die?
Here's thirty thousand Cornish men
Will know the reason why!
Robert Stephen Hawker
#13. Why should Cornishmen learn Cornish? There is no money in it, it serves no practical purpose, and the literature is scanty and of no great originality or value. The question is a fair one, the answer is simple. Because they are Cornish.
Henry Jenner
#14. I know people sometimes have this fantasy about Cornwall. But the Cornish are so grounded.
Tori Amos
#15. I've got German, Cornish and Scottish ancestry. It might help explain my affinity for forests, the sea, and fatty foods.
Kyle MacLachlan
#16. Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
Sabine Baring-Gould
#17. To lose somebody is to lose not only their person but all those modes and manifestations into which their person has flowed outwards; so that in losing a beloved one may find so many things, pictures, poems, melodies, places lost too: Dante, Avignon, a song of Shakespeare's, the Cornish sea.
Iris Murdoch
#18. If you are writing about baloney, don't try and make it Cornish hen, because that's the worst kind of baloney there is. Just make it darn good baloney.
Leo Burnett
#19. His system is a combination of ferocious blows, holds and throws, adapted from Japanese bayonet tactics, ju-jitsu, Chinese boxing, Sikh wrestling, French wrestling and Cornish collar-and-elbow wrestling, plus expert knowledge of hip-shooting, knife fighting and use of the Tommy gun and hand grenade.
Giles Milton
#20. He looks like a mixture of Humpty-Dumpty and a Cornish elf
very short and broad
and I don't think he's anyone's fool.
John Le Carre
#21. I don't think of myself as a rebellious artist, a lot of people have said that about me because I came from Cornwall and choose to paint people in what they considered to be an urban style instead of Cornish landscapes. I've never agreed with them. It's bullshit.
Danny Fox
#22. We'll review President Obama's plan [on closing Guantanamo], but since it includes bringing dangerous terrorists to facilities in U.S. communities, he should know that the bipartisan will of Congress has already been expressed against that proposal.
Audie Cornish
#23. I love people who really turn their lives around. I think it's such a wonderful human trait.
Abbie Cornish
#24. Obviously this prison has been controversial ever since the first detainees arrived in Guantanamo more than 14 years ago.
Audie Cornish
#25. To be honest, I enjoy all different types of films and experiences.
Abbie Cornish
#26. And I used to buy 'Fangoria,' the horror magazine, which made my mum wonder if I was going to be a serial killer.
Joe Cornish
#27. I'm portable. I carry a laptop and a little recording studio on my back.
Abbie Cornish
#28. Providence ever turns bad to the good, if you have eyes to see it.
D.M. Cornish
#29. I believe movies are better, the less you know going in.
Joe Cornish
#30. I'm one of five kids and we lived on a massive farm in New South Wales with my mum and dad.
Abbie Cornish
#31. I'm always writing lyrics. I have so many lyrics on so many stray pieces of paper. Everywhere.
Abbie Cornish
#32. A female's career as an actor is very different from a male's career as an actor. That's just the way it is. So, I'm fascinated by really strong male careers that have inspired me, and also really incredible male roles.
Abbie Cornish
#33. I got into DJing and making beats when I was about 17. I was always fascinated by the four elements of hip-hop: you know, writing, rhyming, breakdancing and graffiti.
Abbie Cornish
#34. The Earth is our spiritual mother and we sense that the Divine is not 'out there' but all around us. Nature itself is sacred and holy, a manifestation of the Divine Life Force. Greenpeace,
Sophie Cornish
#35. Whenever I am acting, it's everything, you know. If I'm researching a role, I'm completely consumed in that and, between action and cut, I live in this suspended time.
Abbie Cornish
#36. I think it's really important to live in the moment.
Abbie Cornish
#37. In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.
Abbie Cornish
#38. A People Magazine article in 1982 referred to him as the late Abe Vigoda. The very-much-alive Vigoda placed an ad in Variety with him in a coffin holding a copy of People Magazine.
Audie Cornish
#39. Playing different characters in different films helps keep you excited about what you do. It always seems like a whole new adventure.
Abbie Cornish
#40. Growing up on a farm was the best. I remember loving that expanse of space. The sky at night was so clear, I could see every star.
Abbie Cornish
#41. People going overseas and becoming radicalized, coming back maybe people have an increased interest in weapons.
Audie Cornish
#43. One of my favourite films is called 'Lacombe Lucien,' directed by Louis Malle. The lead character in that film, like the lead characters in many '70s and '80s films, has a moral ambiguity to him.
Joe Cornish
#44. If you see something, say something. This is more than a slogan. If you see someone turning toward violence, say something. Say something to law enforcement or to one of you in your community.
Audie Cornish
#45. Something I've noticed as I get older is that I do think about the future more. It's all positive thinking.
Abbie Cornish
#46. I used to dream about presenting a comedy show and also about directing films.
Joe Cornish
#47. So many large movies come to you with a huge marketing campaign and it's like you have to see this movie this weekend, otherwise you'll be culturally bankrupt and can't converse with your friends.
Joe Cornish
#48. Closing the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is a promise President [Barack] Obama made it but has yet to fulfill.
Audie Cornish
#50. Hillary Clinton made history becoming the first woman to win a major party nomination for president. She's done so even as many Americans say they don't trust her. Her close friends and family say there's a disconnect between the Hillary Clinton that they know and the one the rest of American knows.
Audie Cornish
#52. So when a music artist puts an album out that can only be streamed, not downloaded, what happens? In Kanye West's case, apparently it gets pirated a lot.
Audie Cornish
#53. New Year's Day probably is not going to work. And one of the main reasons it's not going to work is that the Rose Bowl is on New Year's Day, and it's not moving.
Audie Cornish
#54. I don't see the point in working just to be working.
Abbie Cornish
#55. My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.
Abbie Cornish
#56. I don't think it's an incredibly radical premise to try and have sympathy for someone who has made a mistake.
Joe Cornish
#57. When I was a teenager, me and a couple of my friends entered a couple of modeling competitions just for fun, and one of those got me an agent in Sydney.
Abbie Cornish
#60. Making a movie is, for me, like painting. I just enjoy the care that goes into every brushstroke and the choice of every color. I enjoy the intensity of it.
Abbie Cornish
#61. I did magic at children's parties when I was a kid.
Joe Cornish
#62. I used to paint a lot of oil and now I paint more mixed-media stuff.
Abbie Cornish
#63. I play the keyboard, piano - I like making beats.
Abbie Cornish
#64. I've been rapping since I was 18 years old, with a crew called Blades.
Abbie Cornish
#65. Keeping this facility [Guantanamo prison] open is contrary to our values. It undermines our standing in the world. It is viewed as a stain on our broader record of upholding the highest standards of rule of law.
Audie Cornish
#66. Because I don't have a child and as much as you can sort of imagine it it's always nice to hear from all different walks of life what motherhood is like and what that feels like. And particularly young mothers.
Abbie Cornish
#67. If you're like me, you probably take your cell phone with you everywhere you go. That means that everywhere you go, you can be tracked and located through that cell phone. It's a feature of cell phones that's not often mentioned, but that is being used by law enforcement to catch criminals.
Audie Cornish
#68. A lot of people I make music with are really talented and it doesn't stop at one instrument.
Abbie Cornish
#70. It seemed Abe Vigoda's career was done until he was pronounced dead in print.
Audie Cornish
#71. Games were moved to New Year's Eve as part of a plan by college football executives where they want to create a tradition of watching football on New Year's Eve.
Audie Cornish
#73. I went to Bournemouth Film School for 3 years.
Joe Cornish
#74. There's evidence that one of the Paris attackers may have entered Europe posing as a refugee.
Audie Cornish
#75. I'm a bit hyperactive as an actor, I like to keep moving.
Abbie Cornish
#77. I think as a child you know when it's time for your parents to split. You realise they love each other, but they're not in love with each other. And I think as a child it's much better for your parents to split than for them to stay and have dysfunction within the family.
Abbie Cornish
#78. When I step into a character's shoes, I don't judge them. I make a conscious effort not to look from the outside in but look from the inside out, and when you do that it allows you to feel and sense things more, and act and react from a core, you know?
Abbie Cornish
#79. I'm pretty unusual for an actress in Hollywood because I am totally unselfconscious about my body.
Abbie Cornish
#80. When our expectations match our companion's capabilities, there is less stress for both parties. This is the secret to improving the dementia caregiving experience.
Judy Cornish
#81. I read everything I could find: books and online. Sometimes bigger revelations came to me through finer details or something that you wouldn't pick up just by surface reading.
Abbie Cornish
#82. While the White House has condemned anti-Muslim rhetoric as divisive, the administration is also worried such talk will hurt antiterrorism efforts.
Audie Cornish
#83. I love it when I meet a woman who was poor as a child and maybe had an abusive family, and broke out and found the one and they're married with a very healthy home and children, and they've let go of regret and their past and decided to embrace their journey and what that stands for.
Abbie Cornish
#85. I wasn't interested in fame or fortune. I was interested in being an actor and being creative. I was very adamant about that.
Abbie Cornish
#86. I'm a huge Spike Lee fan. I saw 'Do The Right Thing' twice in the same night when it first came out and had long conversations with all my friends about the issues in it.
Joe Cornish
#87. I worry whether it's not really the best way to live one's life - trying to fulfill the dreams you had as a child. Maybe it's quite a backwards approach.
Joe Cornish
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