I Collected Quotes
25 quotes by 25 authors
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Philately is normally a boys' hobby but for some reason it was in vogue at my junior school. Between the ages of eight and ten…
— Sophie Ellis Bextor
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The words! I collected them in all shapes and sizes and hung them like bangles in my mind.
— Hortense Calisher
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As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity, I collected…
— William Blake
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The truth is I'm a dork. I collected comics. I still love cartoons. I'd rather be at home on a Friday night than out at…
— Nathan Fillion
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What's wrong with shoes? I collected them because it was like a symbol of thanksgiving and love?
— Imelda Marcos
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The 50s were great because I collected stamps.
— Robert Plant
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It was a complete dream to work with David LaChapelle. I collected his books as a teenager, and I fantasised that he would direct the…
— Florence Welch
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Mostly, I was only interested in television as a kid, and the majority of reading material I collected was an adjunct to that central concern,…
— Chris Ware
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It was Noel Coward whose technique I envied and tried to emulate. I collected all his records and writing.
— Kenneth Williams
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As a kid I collected stamps, pebbles on the beach, anything. I liked to have at least 10 of something.
— Jean Pigozzi
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I remember that I felt I had to avoid all these sensational photos, the hanged woman, the man who shot himself, and so forth. I…
— Gerhard Richter
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It reveals to me the causes of many natural phenomena that are entirely incomprehensible in the light of the generally accepted hypotheses. To refute the…
— Galileo Galilei
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When I was four, I just wanted to drive, I collected toy cars. Where does that sort of thing come from? In hindsight you go,…
— Michael Fassbender
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If I collected all the diamonds in the world, I'd have no 'income' but I'd have a lot of 'assets'. Would my company be worth…
— Vinod Khosla
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I love the idea of the teachings of Jesus Christ and the beautiful stories about it, which I loved in Sunday school and I collected…
— Elton John
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He had been my almost. My might-have-been. I was afraid of what I wanted most - His kiss. Still, I collected kiss stories. -Susie Salmon
— Alice Sebold
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I collected men with interesting names. I already knew a Socrates. He was tall and ugly and intellectual and the son of some big Greek…
— Sylvia Plath
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Explore me' you said and I collected my ropes, flasks and maps, expecting to be back home soon. I dropped into the mass of you…
— Jeanette Winterson
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Words. I had always loved them. I collected them, like I had collected pretty stones as a child. I liked to roll words over my…
— Kate Forsyth
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I collected pictures and I drew pictures and I looked at the pictures by myself. And because no one else ever saw them, the pictures…
— Helen Oyeyemi
Who Wrote These I Collected Quotes
25 authors contributed a total of 25 I Collected Quotes as follows: