Quotes About Geoffrey Boycott

#1. Geoffrey [Boycott] is the only fellow I've ever met who fell in love with himself at a young age and has remained faithful ever since

Dennis Lillee

#2. As boring as it sounds, I don't feel any different than I did before the 'House of Night.'

Kristin Cast

#3. You marry at the level of your own psychological health.

Sonia Friedman

#4. Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.

Aristophanes

#5. I played football for Leeds United under-18s, but at 17 my eyes started to go and I had to wear glasses. The football had to go - there were no contact lenses in 1957.

Geoffrey Boycott

#6. How can a young man like to wear a beard?

Dodie Smith

#7. Once I got cancer of the tongue and throat, I realised that stress is a killer and I had to try and get stress out of my life.

Geoffrey Boycott

#8. (James) Anderson has a gift from the gods: he could swing an orange.

Geoffrey Boycott

#9. He's a vampire. I added. You know. In case Ty thought he was a really convincing vamposeur.

Justine Larbalestier

#10. The wall that protects you from rejection also keeps out love and success. Accept your abundance.

Randy Gage

#11. My favorite song is 'No Air,' a duet I did with Chris Brown. I don't want to sound weird or anything, but I listen to it a lot - it's always on my iPod!

Jordin Sparks

#12. Since I had cancer I've realised that every day is a bonus.

Geoffrey Boycott

#13. The Prince of Calcutta. Two of his special qualities are his intelligence and articulation, both of which have helped him immensely in the world of contemporary cricket.

Geoffrey Boycott

#14. I think England will win a Test. My concern is Australia will probably win two.

Geoffrey Boycott

#15. Technically, you can't fault Jadeja. Seam or spin, fast or slow every goddamn thing is a problem.

Geoffrey Boycott

#16. Paul Harris is a buffet bowler - you just help yourself.

Geoffrey Boycott

#17. Tell me, when you are alone with him [ Max Beerbohm ] Sphinx, does he take off his face and reveal his mask?

Oscar Wilde

#18. If Trescothick had tried to get me off the field when batting well, I'd have hit him with my bat.

Geoffrey Boycott

#19. Keep company with the more cheerful sort of the Godly; there is no mirth like the mirth of believers.

Richard Baxter

#20. To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at 95 mph and wait until he's 12 yards away, before you decide which way to jump.

Geoffrey Boycott

#21. He was a top man and a good professional. He was one of those who you know will never play a trick and you can ask him to do anything for you and he will. An unassuming man and a great loss to us all.

Geoffrey Boycott

#22. So many people are. Afraid of firemen, I mean. But you're just a man, after all ...

Ray Bradbury

#23. When I was playing the game we never had the benefit of TV or video to analyse our techniques or look at faults, we depended on other cricketers to watch us and then tell us what they thought we were doing wrong.

Geoffrey Boycott

#24. Memory, I must suppose, if it is neglected becomes like a box room, or a lumber room in an old house, the contents jumbled about, maybe not only from neglect but also from too much haphazard searching in them, and things to boot thrown in that don't belong there.

Sebastian Barry

#25. Statistically in the UK, there are so many fewer female composers than male songwriters and they're marketed in a way that - females are marketed in a way that they're these independent unique artists writing their own stuff, and they're not, because fourteen percent of PRS goes to women.

Kate Nash

#26. A sucker don't ever catch on. A smart man don't ever sleep. He's got to keep ducking the traps.

Johnny Moss

#27. Until you've had depression I don't think you're qualified to talk about it.

Geoffrey Boycott

#28. I love the interrelatedness of things.

Terry Tempest Williams

#29. I've known people with exceptional talent - and some have wasted it. Ambition spurs a man on.

Geoffrey Boycott

#30. But right then, one room away, there were people in love, and I'd never felt so alone in my life.

Diana Peterfreund