W.H. Davies Quotes

A distinguished producer called Kenith Trodd actually lived in his office for over a year - the cleaners refused to go in because it was such a tip.

I'm glad nobody has asked me to adapt 'Wuthering Heights' because I think I would make a mess of it. Everybody makes a mess of it. I think the Bronte Sisters are mad.

I'm not one of these people who say how much better American drama is than English. I find it mostly too American, except for The Sopranos, which I think is the best thing.

The BBC fulfils a wonderful cultural function. Maybe the problem is that it feels it needs to be everything to everybody.

Taking the humour out of Dickens, it's not Dickens any more.

I adore doing classic adaptations, but I also feel their frustrations and their limitations.

I always do like to write love stories, even if they end tragically.

I know that a ridiculous number of classic serials have been commissioned, and that reviews show a reaction against them. The critics seem fed up.

Look at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales.

My wife likes history and documentaries, but I'm not so keen on them. I generally go and do some work if there's one of those on.

People in the BBC are always dying to get out of their open-plan offices.

Othello' is the most domestic of Shakespeare's tragedies and the one that's likely to strike a personal note with a lot of people watching it.

Plan for each episode to be a satisfying experience, but still leave the audience thinking, 'Oh, my God! Now what?

Rebecca Eaton has made an enormous contribution to the cultural life of America, and, more than that, she is one of the most fun people I know.

You're stuck with being yourself, so the important thing is to find people who like that.

A peep, peep, peep, another peep, and that's it.

And Watford acknowledge the support of the crowd, indeed of the crowd that supported them

They've maintained their unbeaten record between the legs.

He's marked his entrance with an error of some momentum

That's lifted the crowd up into the air.

England are looking better value for 0-0.

The situation is clear. I trust in my ability, I trust in what I do and, if people put their trust in me, I will deliver for them.

Under no circumstances will any supporter try to tell me what I should do. That is why I have the track record that I have got.

I can feel my old self come out more and more in trainings.

I don't like people telling me what to do, or trying to MAKE me write songs.

Even if we are dead we help each other in some little way.

I love playing live now more than ever. I enjoy it, I think it keeps you young.

I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality.

But life is not a legend or a story. Reality is far more precious than a story.

Man, who thinks he knows everything. But what does man know...Man cares only for himself, in his fear and hate.

Real courage is not to give up hope, even in the most terrible darkness, and to carry on. That if courage and love is deep as despair, deeper, then light may come again

Now go away, or I'll get my friends the Bats to bite you.

Our destinies are our own, if we have the courage to take control of them.

In that moment she learnt one of the greatest secrets of life: It is often easier to fight for others than it is for yourself.

It's those that fight hardest for freedom who are never free.

Wolves hate farewells.

But of all the animals, man holds the fate of the world in his hands.

I wish the battles of men could be solved in their heads.

Yes,' growled Fell, 'for animals do not know what they do, but man has knowledge of his cruelty.

...at times, the greatest courage of all is to live.

Life itself is dispare, so we must make darkness our ally

...man will try to guard his faith more preciously even than his gold.

And, Kar, love is not a commandment, it is a need, as real as eating.

On his brow a leaf of oaken, Cangeling child shall be his fate. Understanding words strange spoken, Chased by anger, fear, and hate.

I must try to remember that a boy's heart is not a man's, and perhaps a teacher must learn from his pupil, too, eh?

To you, Fell. Can't you feel it? Inside you, as it lies inside all the Lera. Know thyself, wolf.

Faithfully caring for the poor and needy is a reflection of spiritual maturity.

When you are so strongly drawn to music, you can't not be a musician.

The BBC provides the commentary on our lives, the soundtrack of the nation. It is one of the most powerful unifying forces in the United Kingdom today.

Inflation is not always the main problem, or indeed a problem at all. Sometimes, though rarely, deflation is a more serious threat, and we need to shelve many of the orthodoxies we have held so dear.