James Hilton Quotes

If net neutrality goes away, it will fundamentally change everything about the Internet.

If net neutrality goes away, it will fundamentally change everything about the Internet.

James Hilton

The first quarter-century of your life was doubtless lived under the cloud of being too young for things, while the last quarter-century would normally be shadowed by the still darker cloud of being t...

The first quarter-century of your life was doubtless lived under the cloud of being too young for things, while the last quarter-century would normally be shadowed by the still darker cloud of being t...

James Hilton

About Author

James Hilton may refer to:

James Hilton (academic) (born 1959), Vice Provost and University Librarian & Dean of Libraries at the University of Michigan
James Hilton (designer) (born 1973), English designer
James Hilton (novelist) (1900–1954), English novelist
Jimmy Hilton (1883–1943), English rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s
James L. Hilton (born 1957), astronomer

James Hilton Quotes

If net neutrality goes away, it will fundamentally change everything about the Internet.

The first quarter-century of your life was doubtless lived under the cloud of being too young for things, while the last quarter-century would normally be shadowed by the still darker cloud of being t...

About Author

It was not a friendly picture, but to Conway, as he surveyed, there came a queer perception of fineness in it, of something that had no romantic appeal at all, but a steely, almost an intellectual qua...

These examinations and certificates and so on--what did they matter? And all this efficiency and up-to-dateness--what did that matter, either? Ralston was trying to run Brookfield like a factory--a fa...

Then the whole range, much nearer now, paled into fresh splendor; a full moon rose, touching each peak in succession like some celestial lamplighter, until the long horizon glittered against a blue-bl...

No ambitions? And how have you contrived to escape those widespread maladies?

Chang bowed his thanks for the information. He took a keen interest in languages and liked to weigh a new word philosophically. It is significant, he said after a pause, that the English regard slackn...

My goodness, if you think of all the folks in the world who'd give all they've got to be out of the racket and in a place like this, only they can't out! Are in the prison or are ?

Now let me begin by sketching for you a very agreeable picture. You are still, I should say, a youngish man by the world’s standards; your life, as people say, lies ahead of you; in the normal course...

Moonlight faded after a time, and with it that distant specter of the mountain; then the triple mischiefs of darkness, cold, and wind increased until dawn. As though at its signal, the wind dropped, l...

Explained Conway, is a slang word meaning a lazy fellow, a good-for-nothing.

Then, my son, when the strong have devoured each other, the Christian ethic may at last be fulfilled, and the meek shall inherit the earth.

There came a time, he realized, when the strangeness of everything made it increasingly difficult to realize the strangeness of anything;

During a subsequent visit, however, Chang told him that there were other books published up to about the middle of 1930 which would doubtless be added to the shelves eventually; they had already arriv...

And, most precious of all, you will have Time—that rare and lovely gift that your Western countries have lost the more they have pursued it.

His guests found it fun to watch him make tea -- mixing careful spoonfuls from different caddies.

He was, and he knew it, very quietly in love with the little Manchu. His love demanded nothing, not even reply; it was a tribute of the mind, to which his senses added only a flavor.

And so it stood, a warm and vivid patch in his life, casting a radiance that glowed in a thousand recollections.

1916…. The Somme Battle. Twenty-three names read out one Sunday evening.

You’re certain, then, that no human affection can outlast a five-year absence? It can, undoubtedly, replied the Chinese, but only as a fragrance whose melancholy we may enjoy.