A. A. Gill
A. A. Gill

A cravat has to be approached with consummate self-confidence and a devilish nonchalance. A cravat has to be grasped by a man who knows how to treat a cravat.

A. S. Byatt
A. S. Byatt

If a novelist tells you something she knows or thinks, and you believe her, that is not because either of you think she is God, but because she is doing her work - as a novelist.

A. S. Byatt
A. S. Byatt

I think vestigially there's a synesthete in me, but not like a real one who immediately knows what colour Wednesday is.

Aaron Donald
Aaron Donald

Any time you get a Hall of Fame player that even knows my name, you're going to be pumped up about that.

Aaron Spelling
Aaron Spelling

A show that no one thought had a chance has just finished its fifth year: Charmed. I think it's tougher for the younger networks, so I think they have a little more patience for the sake of the show. But who knows?

Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Aaron Taylor-Johnson

It's funny because if you ever ask anyone in England to try and do a Beatles accent, no one knows what they really sound like. If you ask anyone in America, they would try and give it a go. English people just know their songs.

Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami

Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end - I never do.

Abhijit Banerjee
Abhijit Banerjee

Anyone who has a child knows the importance of not over-playing your hand. He was up all night playing some game on his smartphone and you feel like saying that if it happens again the phone is gone. Forever. Till he is old enough to buy his own. Till then he can have your old Nokia.

Adam Cohen
Adam Cohen

If a company knows it may have to pay a large amount of money if it poses an unreasonable threat to others, it will have a strong incentive to act better.

Adam Cole
Adam Cole

As everyone knows, things change in pro wrestling all the time. To try and expect what's going to happen in the future is just foolish to me.