Nell Scovell (Helen Vivian Scovell) Quotes
Hated 'The Imitation Game.' Totally inaccurate. A gay man with a messy room? Don't buy it.Nell Scovell
Quotes to Explore
-
I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.
Samantha Power -
People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.
Vikas Swarup -
The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
Carlos Slim -
Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better.
Samuel Butler -
I never feel like there's any one point to the film, to anything, to any of the movies I've made.
Harmony Korine -
In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
B. B. King
-
The Pentagon is actually a 10-story building, five up and five down.
Jack Keane -
'Made in Italy' is from the tycoons of the '80s, not me. It is people who represent an Italy which I don't belong to and I don't feel a part of.
Lapo Elkann -
I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.
Mahershala Ali -
Novelists want to be published and need a publisher to decide to print 20,000 copies. So you need to entertain on some level. I want to reach out and connect.
Paolo Bacigalupi -
There's something troubling about a condition in which one country alone, which has roughly 5 percent of the world's population, spends more than 50 percent of the world's defense budgets. There's something weird about it.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
I took Latin and Spanish. I can speak a very small amount of Spanish, but Latin has sort of gone away! Unless I was joining the Catholic Church, there would be no need to learn Latin.
Madeline Zima
-
You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.
Og Mandino -
As a regent, I hope to bring that important perspective of a typical family visitor in combination with my background as a Member of Congress and a proponent of the Smithsonian's efforts to reach all Americans.
Xavier Becerra -
Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with the Republicans.
Barney Frank -
I am very, very strict with my workout regimen; not so much with my food, because I'm always working out, so I can allow myself to be a bit more naughty!
Barbara Fialho -
He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.
Adam Clarke -
If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must have criticism.
Irving Babbitt
-
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Oscar Wilde -
I couldn't stand back and watch the strong economy that my father envisioned go to ruins.
Park Geun-hye -
Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film.
Jessica Hagedorn -
Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game show and the difference between good and evil is about as relevant as changing channels.
Ralph Steadman -
Respect your partner. Be happy in your partner's happiness.
Divyanka Tripathi -
Hated 'The Imitation Game.' Totally inaccurate. A gay man with a messy room? Don't buy it.
Nell Scovell