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List of Clive James Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 138 inspiring quotes by Clive James.

About Clive James

  • Born: October 7, 1939
  • Occupation: Author
    • I'm certainly not a linguist. i learned what languages i could learn in order to read books and i can't really speak them. i couldn't have stayed out of jail in most of them.
    Book Order Jail
    Everyone has a right to a university degree in america, even if it's in hamburger technology.
    Graduation Technology College
    I taught myself russian, which was very, very useful, especially for poetry and in fact if you can't read pushkin in russian, you're really missing something.
    Missing Taught Facts
    My niece is - her name is sasha, is currently learning russian at melbourne university and i look forward to the day when i can talk to her about pushkin.
    Niece Names Looks
    This quality becomes important at a time when almost everyone is a poet. and as i said, we live in an age where almost everybody is a poet, but scarcely anyone can write a poem.
    Writing Important Age
    If we want a book to do more than what it does, that's a condemnation. if we want it to do more of what it does, that's an endorsement.
    Book Want Doe
    Sometimes i feel if i was young again, i would wrap a bandana around my head like douglas fairbanks sr. and i would become a pirate of the web. and i would go around stealing poems and assembling into one spot like a treasure cave.
    Pirate Caves Treasure
    In between the queen and the first lady, nancy reagan, sat tony richardson, looking very calm. later on it emerged that this was because, having not been apprised of the placement until he was about to sit down, he had died of fright. to have expired was to be fortunate.
    Queens America World
    Snooker is just chess with balls.
    Balls Chess Snooker
    The streets, at least in this part of town, seemed impossibly clean in comparison to london. the public telephones were unvandalised. for a london telephone booth to look like that it would have to be guarded around the clock by the sas.
    America Looks World
    Mocking hugh hefner is easy to do, and in my mind should be made easier.
    Mind Easy Easier
    John mcenroe has hair like badly turned broccoli.
    Hair Tennis Broccoli
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