Nell Scovell (Helen Vivian Scovell) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.
-
In the U.S., we didn't have scale, and without scale, it's difficult to operate.
-
If I think back on the books to which I have devoted my entire life, I am most surprised by those moments when I have felt as if the sentences, dreams, and pages that have made me so ecstatically happy have not come from my own imagination - that another power has found them and generously presented them to me.
-
I don't like music docs, usually. There's nothing to really say. What can you say about music? Normally, you can't say too much. There are a few really good ones, but the majorities are boring, I think.
-
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
-
I think maybe because I do other things and they mean as much to me as movie acting, it takes the onus off me. It's not the end of the world if I can't get a film job, or if a movie doesn't turn out well - even though I don't like it when that happens.
-
You've got to be confident when you're competing. You've got to be a beast.
-
I think, with every kid I coach, I'm trying to get them to do the right thing all the time. I always feel like you should raise the bar. There needs to be expectations.
-
And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.
-
I'm not a wealthy person because I was never a star. I was a working actor and a supporting actor.
-
I exempt you of being present in my idea of you.
-
Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.
-
A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.
-
When beginning the cold open with another person Please state your name for the camera.
-
I have a weakness for treating people's economic interests as their only interest, ignoring things like belonging and pride and the desire to send a message to those who ignore you.
-
I was a mime. I'm not kidding. I went to Northwestern University and they have a mime company, so we did a lot of training and then a lot of mime shows around Chicago.
-
Congratulations to 'Countdown' - it was an evening I will never forget - and a special thank you to Molly Meldrum.
-
The body should be reconfigured by the clothes, never again the other way round.
-
It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavours look interesting and lively; that was merely an unintended side effect. I don't wish to denigrate a sport that is enjoyed by millions, some of them awake and facing the right way, but it is an odd game.
-
Christian, n. One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor. One who follows the teachings of Christ so long as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.
-
In Bulgaria, they use the Cyrillic alphabet, which is completely different from ours. You can't sound the words out, so you can't read street signs or packages in the grocery store! You have to rely on pictures and guesses.
-
I've been speaking out about harassment and gender disparity for years.
