Bill Bryson Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“I've never quite understood that feeling: that you arrive in a strange place, yet you want to have nothing but familiar experiences.”

“Much as I resented having to grow up in Des Moines, it gave me a real appreciation for every place in the world that's not Des Moines.”

“Scientists tend to be unappreciated in the world at large, but you can hardly overstate the importance of the work they do.”

“The first book I did - the first successful book - was a kind of a travel book, and publishers in Britain encouraged me to do more.”

“The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of two per cent of the world's population.”

“When you tell an Iowan a joke, you can see a kind of race going on between his brain and his expression.”

“You don't need a science degree to understand about science. You just need to think about it.”

“The world is very lucky to have America. It's got to be the first time in the whole history of the planet that a country has been the dominant force in the world and it has actually been a force for good... America really deserves more credit.”

“The basic challenge of any book is you know you're going to be working on it for three or four years or more. So you want to have a subject that will keep you engaged.”

“Science has been quite embattled. It's the most important thing there is. An arts graduate is not going to fix global warming. They may do other valuable things, but they are not going to fix the planet or cure cancer or get rid of malaria.”