May is a very early time in the year and the weather is usually bad. You cannot run a fast mile race if there is a strong wind, because it makes your... →
Roger Bannister
At one time I thought the Editor of the Lancet would kindly publish a letter from me on the subject, but further reflection led me to doubt whether... →
William Banting
Why does the past seem so magical, so fraught, so luminous? At the time it was just, ugh, another boring bloody day. But, to look back on, it's a... →
John Banville
For memory, we use our imagination. We take a few strands of real time and carry them with us, then like an oyster we create a pearl around them.
All novels must be autobiographical because I am the only material that I know. All of the characters are me. But at the same time, a novel is never... →
We're constantly losing - we're losing time, we're losing ourselves. I don't feel for the things I lost.
The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy.
Christine Baranski
I adore clothes, I adore drinking. I just don't have the time or the inclination to totally indulge in it.
It's a great time to be an actress at this point in my life.
Vertigo, it was thought at the time, could only be caused by a disease of the cerebellum. He observed this kind of patient for years and saw... →
Robert Barany