Christopher Morley Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if there were something dangerous and illegitimate about honest differences of opinion honestly expressed by honest men.
-
A kiss, when all is said, what is it? A rosy dot placed on the 'I' in loving; Tis a secret told to the mouth instead of to the ear.
-
My manager called me and said, 'Hey, there's a series at Neflix.' I'm like, 'Netflix? Oh, boy.' At that time, it was just a strange thing to hear. It's like going, 'There's a series at Blockbuster.'
-
People talk about Hollywood as a myth, but in reality, when you make Icelandic movies and you want to get them distributed in the U.S., you're not really working with Hollywood. The movies I've been making, the first one I made, I made it with Working Title, but it was financed through Universal, so it became a Hollywood production.
-
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time; it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
-
It's always about 'what have you done for me lately.' As players we see what is going on.
-
So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending!
-
I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age.
-
I've never wanted to be the boss.
-
I'm very committed to stable and adequate funding for education.
-
You can't really do a big character in an action film; you're already suspending your disbelief in the action, then to suspend your disbelief in the character is too much.
-
You can expect nothing in being a musician, and you have to be just very thankful every time it goes positively for you.
-
Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.
-
Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization, never intended at all even to take in the whole sick population.
-
…the simple-minded positivism that believes it has found a firm ground of certainty if it only excludes all mental phenomena from consideration and holds fast to observable facts.
-
That’s what being human means: to be master of your own fate.
-
'Tis verse that givesImmortal youth to mortal maids.
-
'I have not slept well since I first entered my brother’s dungeons. While my comfort has improved since then, worry has taken the place of hanging in chains as a denier of rest.''There are many kinds of imprisonment,' Jarnauga nodded.
-
I have written about 10 books, all just practical encouragement for moms.
-
I feel very peaceful.
-
But baseball was different... You stood and waited and tried to still your mind. When your moment came, you had to be ready, because if you f****d up, everyone would know whose fault it was. What other sport not only kept a stat as cruel as the error, but posted it on the scoreboard for everyone to see? ... You could only try so hard not to try too hard before you were right back around to trying too hard. And trying hard, as everyone told him, was wrong, all wrong.
-
It isn't necessary to seek out adventure. Opening to what is around you will produce the most extraordinary experiences.
-
Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.
