I was in lots of dodgy bands growing up and I always fancied myself in a band. But, you know, I was… — Gemma Arterton Copy Share Image
Critics used to say that ABBA were formulaic or that our songs were rubbish. We never had time for those comments, though.… — Bjorn Ulvaeus Copy Share Image
As in digging for precious metals in the mines, much earthy rubbish has first to be troublesomely handled and thrown out; so,… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Why do people think that if you don't dress up, others will appreciate your beauty more - that style will somehow emanate… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
What is the single most important thing for a company? Is it the building? Is it the stock? Is it the turnover?… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
To create an album of 12 songs, I've got to write about 80 songs. Half of those are totally weird and rubbish. — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
Life would be no better than candlelight tinsel and daylight rubbish if our spirits were not touched by what has been. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
What we learn for the sake of knowing, we hold; what we learn for the sake of accomplishing some ulterior end, we… — Anna Brackett Copy Share Image
People are curious. A few people are. ... They will put things together, knowing all along that they may be mistaken. You… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
My biggest fear is expending the best and most exciting energy in sketches, no matter how quickly executed. I often need to… — Catherine Stock Copy Share Image
No one is ever really a stranger. We cling to the belief that we share nothing with certain people. It's rubbish. We… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
It is from the graves and ruins and rubbish-heaps of Egypt that writings have been restored to us in great numbers. — Frederic G. Kenyon Copy Share Image
You think that you can judge what's good or evil from whether you enjoy doing it or not. You think that evil… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Tips for aspiring writers: don't be afraid of writing rubbish. It's very easy to become hypnotised by an empty page or screen.… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
“You may have been born on the rubbish damp. But be careful not to believe that the rubbish damp was born in… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We're too passive. We're feeding on too much rubbish and I think we should strive to just shrug away that comfort zone… — Ingrid Betancourt Copy Share Image
I’m dazzled by your facility. In ten days you’ll have written six stories! I don’t understand it… I’m like one of those… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
No matter where its seed fell, it made a tree which struggled to reach the sky. It grew in boarded-up lots and… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
Personally, I think universities are finished. So much rubbish gets taught. — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
Everyone has the right to walk from one end of the city to the other in secure and beautiful spaces. Everybody has… — Richard Rogers Copy Share Image
people only ever offer you a great deal of money for rubbish. The greater the number of noughts on the cheque, the… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
There has been so much rubbish written up in the papers over the years. — Ronald Biggs Copy Share Image
