There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber. Felix Dennis More Quotes by Felix Dennis More Quotes From Felix Dennis With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was. Felix Dennis magazinesapplespeople This modern mania for interfering in other's lives, usually under the guise of health and safety concerns, is highly irritating and counterproductive. Down with the nanny state. Felix Dennis nanniesmodernsafety You don't have to live in a garage to write great poetry. Felix Dennis garagegreat-poetrywriting If the influence of luck is a delusion, then all I can say is that the delusion is virtually universal. Felix Dennis delusioninfluenceluck Believing your own bullshit is always a perilous activity, but never more fatal than for the owner of a start-up venture. Felix Dennis venturebullshitbelieve No poetry that I'm aware of, however bad or glorious, has ever left somebody a worse person than they were before they read it. Felix Dennis gloriousleftpersons With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store? Felix Dennis ipadsbookpeople I couldn't care less what anyone's 'perception' of me is. I'm too long in the tooth to care. Felix Dennis teethperceptionlong The age of celebrity editors and monstrous staffing are over. Felix Dennis staffingeditorsage Unless you are completely retired, earning money is the best form of wealth preservation. Felix Dennis wealthformearning You can actually be bored stiff while you're dying. Felix Dennis boreddying The beginnings of a forest is one of the ugliest things on the planet. It's bleak and your neighbours hate you. Felix Dennis planetshateforests I have been portrayed by actors in three television documentaries, two plays, one musical and a film. It's no fun watching yourself being traduced and imitated by an actor. Felix Dennis playfuntwo I hear poets complaining: 'We face what our forebears did not face. We face TV. We face radio. We face this and that.' Felix Dennis radiocomplainingfaces When I was young I wanted to be the greatest blues singer of all time. I wrecked my education and left home for it. Felix Dennis singersyounghome America, ladies and gentlemen, has done more for me financially than Britain ever has, or ever could have done. Felix Dennis gentlemandoneamerica I want to prove that if you write in strict meter and rhyme about subjects people care about, they will buy poetry. Felix Dennis carewritingpeople Human beings are definitely changing the planet, but how much impact they are having on climate, I don't know and I don't care. Felix Dennis impactclimatecare False praise is worse than no praise. Felix Dennis praise Everything I publish is for my readers. Felix Dennis publishreader
