“I do believe that the Iranians are a good neighbour. The Iranians have supported the people of Yemen.” Quote by Mohammad Marandi
“My wife and I just started listening to the late Beethoven Quartets together, an activity I recommend for all married couples, but that doesn't really mean that I'm finished reading.” MeanTogetherReadingWifeListeningCoupleActivityLateMarriedMy WifeFinishedReally MeanQuartetsMarried Couples Author:Clive James
“I've only got a fraction of the energy I once had, but I think I probably use it better.” ThinkingUseEnergyFractions Author:Clive James
“Little books are the things to write at my age, I've decided. Avoid the big ones, go for the little ones.” WritingLittlesBookBigsAgeDecided Author:Clive James
“I think the great trick of doing my sort of thing is to learn to use your downtime, and of course in the media and especially in television, there's a heck of a lot of time of waiting around. And I think the trick is to use that.” ThinkingUseCoursesWaitingMediaTelevisionTricksDowntimeWaiting Around Author:Clive James
“The first language that I learned was Italian in Italy in the early and middle-'60s and I had to do that to keep up with the young men who were courting my wife.” MenFirstsYoungLanguageWifeMiddleMy WifeYoung ManItalian Author:Clive James
“My wife spoke perfect Italian and she was very beautiful and very suave Italian men were crowding around her, talking all the time and if I was to even understand what was going on, I had to learn the language fast.” IfsMenBeautifulLanguagePerfectTalkingWifeMy WifeSpokesItalianVery BeautifulSuave Author:Clive James
“The Language Laboratory at Cambridge is a very good way of finding out about grammar and the vocabulary and that's why I learned to read German and later on I added Spanish, the standard European languages.” WayLanguageFindingsStandardsVery GoodVocabularyGrammarLaboratoryGood WayCambridge Author:Clive James
“On Thanksgiving I will stop to give thanks that my family is safe and healthy, especially because I realize that, following the tragedies of this year, it is all too real a possibility that they might not have been.” GivingYearsHas BeensRealMightKidsRealizingFamilyPossibilityHealthySafeMy FamilyTragedyFollowingThanksThanksgivingBaby BoyInspirational ThanksgivingThankful ThanksgivingThanksgiving ThankfulFamily ThanksgivingThanksgiving And FamilyThanksgiving FamilyChristian ThanksgivingToo Real Author:Bobby Jindal
“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.” IfsFactsMissingTaughtMissing SomethingPushkin Author:Clive James
“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.” LooksI CanNamesUniversityNieceMelbourneMy NiecePushkin Author:Clive James