Simon Gray quotes

“I'm fanatical about sport: there seems to me something almost religious about the fact that human beings can organise play, the spirit of play.”
-- Simon Gray

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“Philosophers have a long tradition of marrying stupid women, from Socrates on. They think it clever.”
-- Simon Gray

Source : Simon Gray (1986). “Plays, one”, Drama

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“In my experience, the worst thing you can do to an important problem is to discuss it.”
-- Simon Gray

Source : Simon Gray (2013). “Simon Gray: Plays 2: Otherwise Engaged; Dog Days; Molly; Plaintiff and Defendants; Two Sundays; Pig in a Poke; Man in a Side Car”, p.60, Faber & Faber

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“Extra-marital sex is as overrated as pre-marital sex. And marital sex, come to think of it.”
-- Simon Gray

Source : Simon Gray (2013). “Simon Gray: Plays 2: Otherwise Engaged; Dog Days; Molly; Plaintiff and Defendants; Two Sundays; Pig in a Poke; Man in a Side Car”, p.370, Faber & Faber

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“Walking is the favorite sport of the good and wise.”

“After love, book collecting is the most exhilarating sport of all.”

“If I can slow it down in my mind, things will be fine.”

“It's a special honor to be one of the leaders of this football team. But I said it once, I'll say it again, no one person wins a game by themselves. Individually, it's top of the mountain, my sport, my profession. It's what you dream about as a kid.”

“Let me be clear: Any new approach must ensure the integrity of the game. One of my most important responsibilities as commissioner of the NBA is to protect the integrity of professional basketball and preserve public confidence in the league and our sport. I oppose any course of action that would compromise these objectives. But I believe that sports betting should be brought out of the underground and into the sunlight where it can be appropriately monitored and regulated”

“The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life.”

Source : Abraham Cahan (2013). “The Rise of David Levinsky”, p.44, Courier Corporation

“I value science--none can prize it more, It gives ten thousand motives to adore: Be it religious, as it ought to be, The heart it humbles, and it bows the knee.”

Source : Abraham Coles (1866). “The Microcosm: A Poem, Read Before the Medical Society of New Jersey at Its Centenary Anniversary: with the Address Delivered as President, Jan. 24, 1866”, p.22

“Certainly there is no contending against the Will of God; but still there is some difficulty in ascertaining, and applying it, to particular cases.”

“Tell me not here, it needs not saying, What tune the enchantress plays In aftermaths of soft September Or under blanching mays, For she and I were long acquainted And I knew all her ways.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.142, Delphi Classics

“Extremely large greens breed slovenly play. When any green ceases to command respect, it loses its value as a test of that rarest of all strokes, the shot home.”