--- title: "14 You Quotes By Bill Bryson" description: "14 You quotes by Bill Bryson. Plus more from Bill Bryson and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d14/bill-bryson-340_hardly_scientists-tend-to-be-unappreciated-in-t_828592.png" --- > [Scientists tend to be unappreciated in the world at large, but you can hardly overstate the importance of the work they do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/scientists-tend-to-be-unappreciated-in-the-world-at-large-but-you-can/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d14/bill-bryson-340_hardly_scientists-tend-to-be-unappreciated-in-t_828592.png) > [I'm a great believer that you had to do everything you've done to have got to where you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/i-m-a-great-believer-that-you-had-to-do-everything-you-ve-done-to/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/bill-bryson-340_believer_i-m-a-great-believer-that-you-had-to-do_2206469.png) > [I've never quite understood that feeling: that you arrive in a strange place, yet you want to have nothing but familiar experiences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/i-ve-never-quite-understood-that-feeling-that-you-arrive-in-a-strange/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/bill-bryson-340_arrive_i-ve-never-quite-understood-that-feeling_2312449.png) > [The basic challenge of any book is you know you're going to be working on it for three or four years or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/the-basic-challenge-of-any-book-is-you-know-you-re-going-to-be/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f5/bill-bryson-340_any_the-basic-challenge-of-any-book-is-you-k_594315.png) > [In any area of human endeavour, there is going to be mediocrity. You're going to find people who get money that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/in-any-area-of-human-endeavour-there-is-going-to-be-mediocrity-you-re/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34e/bill-bryson-340_any_in-any-area-of-human-endeavour-there-is_1296556.png) > [In order to have quality journalism you need to have a good income stream, and no Internet model has produced a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/in-order-to-have-quality-journalism-you-need-to-have-a-good-income/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/bill-bryson-340_generating_in-order-to-have-quality-journalism-you_2877266.png) > [I could give you a long list of things I like about Britain, but essentially what it comes down to is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/i-could-give-you-a-long-list-of-things-i-like-about-britain-but/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/bill-bryson-340_about_i-could-give-you-a-long-list-of-things-i_2965314.png) > [One of the brilliant things about Britain is the way you've managed to save old things but to keep using them -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/one-of-the-brilliant-things-about-britain-is-the-way-you-ve-managed/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df2/bill-bryson-340_about_one-of-the-brilliant-things-about-britai_709776.png) > [I once joked in a book that there are three things you can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/i-once-joked-in-a-book-that-there-are-three-things-you-can-t-do-in-2/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90d/bill-bryson-340_again_i-once-joked-in-a-book-that-there-are-th_1994829.png) > [I always tell people there's only one trick to writing: You have to write something that people are willing to pay money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/i-always-tell-people-there-s-only-one-trick-to-writing-you-have-to/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27c/bill-bryson-340_always_i-always-tell-people-there-s-only-one-tr_1387703.jpg) > [In 1927, if you were stuck with idle time, reading is what you did. It's no accident that the 'Book-of-the-Month Club' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/in-1927-if-you-were-stuck-with-idle-time-reading-is-what-you-did-it-s/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dee/bill-bryson-340_accident_in-1927-if-you-were-stuck-with-idle-time_1665735.png) > [I've been writing all these books that have been largely autobiographical and yet, really, they don't tell you anything about me. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/i-ve-been-writing-all-these-books-that-have-been-largely/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abc/bill-bryson-340_about_i-ve-been-writing-all-these-books-that-h_2977977.png) > [I grew up, really, in the days before air conditioning. So I can remember what it was like to be really hot,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/i-grew-up-really-in-the-days-before-air-conditioning-so-i-can/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c1/bill-bryson-340_air_i-grew-up-really-in-the-days-before-air_1883520.png) > [I once joked in a book that there are three things you can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/i-once-joked-in-a-book-that-there-are-three-things-you-can-t-do-in/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/074/bill-bryson-340_again_i-once-joked-in-a-book-that-there-are-th_1678681.png) ## Other authors on You ## More by Bill Bryson > [Most big companies don't like you very much, except hotels, airlines and Microsoft, which don't like you at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/most-big-companies-don-t-like-you-very-much-except-hotels-airlines/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) > [“But Welsh spellings are as nothing compared with Irish Gaelic, a language in which spelling and pronunciation give the impression of having been devised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/but-welsh-spellings-are-as-nothing-compared-with-irish-gaelic-a/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) > [“Pantaloons were often worn tight as paint and were not a great deal less revealing, particularly as they were worn without underwear. . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/pantaloons-were-often-worn-tight-as-paint-and-were-not-a-great-deal/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) > [If you go out on the Appalachian Trail, you have to bring so much more equipment - a tent, sleeping bag - but if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/if-you-go-out-on-the-appalachian-trail-you-have-to-bring-so-much-more/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) > [“The dining table was a plain board called by that name. It was hung on the wall when not in use, and was perched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/the-dining-table-was-a-plain-board-called-by-that-name-it-was-hung-on/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) > [“From almost nothing, France in four years built up an aircraft industry that employed nearly 200,000 people and produced some 70,000 planes. Britain built…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/from-almost-nothing-france-in-four-years-built-up-an-aircraft/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) > [“Every twenty minutes on the Appalachian Trail, Katz and I walked farther than the average American walks in a week. For 93 percent of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/every-twenty-minutes-on-the-appalachian-trail-katz-and-i-walked/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) > [“A diarist named George Templeton Strong recorded in the winter of 1866 that even with two furnaces alight and all the fireplaces blazing, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/a-diarist-named-george-templeton-strong-recorded-in-the-winter-of/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) > [Tune your television to any channel it doesn't receive and about 1 percent of the dancing static you see is accounted for by this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/tune-your-television-to-any-channel-it-doesn-t-receive-and-about-1/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) > [As a rule of thumb, I would submit that if you need to call your floss provider, for any reason, you are probably not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/as-a-rule-of-thumb-i-would-submit-that-if-you-need-to-call-your-floss/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) > [Nobody gets excited about the future at all, ever. The future is something we find depressing and worrisome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/nobody-gets-excited-about-the-future-at-all-ever-the-future-is/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) > [“What made this particularly interesting is that John Howard is by far the dullest man in Australia. Imagine a very committed funeral home director…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/what-made-this-particularly-interesting-is-that-john-howard-is-by-far/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) > [I would make a genuinely terrible guide. I can't remember things. I would get half way through telling a story or explaining something and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/i-would-make-a-genuinely-terrible-guide-i-can-t-remember-things-i/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) > [“In the mystifying world that was Victorian parenthood, obedience took precedence over all considerations of affection and happiness, and that odd, painful conviction remained…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/in-the-mystifying-world-that-was-victorian-parenthood-obedience-took/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) > [If this book has a lesson, it is that we are awfully lucky to be here-and by 'we' I mean every living thing. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/if-this-book-has-a-lesson-it-is-that-we-are-awfully-lucky-to-be-here/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/you/bill-bryson/#itemlist", "name": "14 You Quotes By Bill Bryson", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Scientists tend to be unappreciated in the world at large, but you can hardly overstate the importance of the work they do.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Bryson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/scientists-tend-to-be-unappreciated-in-the-world-at-large-but-you-can/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d14/bill-bryson-340_hardly_scientists-tend-to-be-unappreciated-in-t_828592.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d14/bill-bryson-340_hardly_scientists-tend-to-be-unappreciated-in-t_828592.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d14/bill-bryson-340_hardly_scientists-tend-to-be-unappreciated-in-t_828592.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Scientists tend to be unappreciated in the world at large, but you can hardly overstate the importance of…” — Bill Bryson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a great believer that you had to do everything you've done to have got to where you are.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Bryson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/i-m-a-great-believer-that-you-had-to-do-everything-you-ve-done-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/bill-bryson-340_believer_i-m-a-great-believer-that-you-had-to-do_2206469.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/bill-bryson-340_believer_i-m-a-great-believer-that-you-had-to-do_2206469.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/bill-bryson-340_believer_i-m-a-great-believer-that-you-had-to-do_2206469.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm a great believer that you had to do everything you've done to have got to where you are.” — Bill Bryson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've never quite understood that feeling: that you arrive in a strange place, yet you want to have nothing but familiar experiences.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Bryson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/i-ve-never-quite-understood-that-feeling-that-you-arrive-in-a-strange/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/bill-bryson-340_arrive_i-ve-never-quite-understood-that-feeling_2312449.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/bill-bryson-340_arrive_i-ve-never-quite-understood-that-feeling_2312449.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/bill-bryson-340_arrive_i-ve-never-quite-understood-that-feeling_2312449.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've never quite understood that feeling: that you arrive in a strange place, yet you want to have nothing…” — Bill Bryson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The basic challenge of any book is you know you're going to be working on it for three or four years or more. 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