David Lean Quotes

I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.

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• We must not forget that chemical warfare will sooner or later bring in its wake bacteriological warfare, pest propagation, typhus and other serious diseases.

  

  Ferdinand Buisson
  • Serious
  • Forget
  • Will

• Homer is the nice side of Al Bundy with the same intellect. I really like him and Al Bundy.

  

  Uwe Boll
  • Nice
  • Like
  • Same

• I've always believed in working hard, and I'm grateful that people seem to connect with the kinds of stories I'm passionate about telling.

  

  Raina Telgemeier
  • People
  • Grateful
  • Working Hard

• I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read.

  

  Barbara Mertz
  • Think
  • Write
  • Difficult

• The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that of artistic imagination.

  

  Edmund Wilson
  • Imagination
  • Vision
  • Product

• This hand is not very active always, because it was in this hand that I carried my books. My carrying hand was always my strongest. Now I think my other hand has developed more muscles from signing all those autographs.

  

  Haile Gebrselassie
  • Think
  • Hand
  • Now

• We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are still but children with playthings.

  

  F. H. Bradley
  • Children
  • True
  • Mother

• I think my dad has helped me tremendously.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Think
  • Dad
  • I Think

• Parenting is difficult under any circumstances, and in my father's view, to raise a morally upright and honest child, you sometimes have to lie to him.

  

  W. Bruce Cameron
  • Father
  • Child
  • Parenting

• I'm a realist and I always have been.

  

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  • Always
  • Been
  • Realist

• A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished.

  

  Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Love
  • Man
  • Married

• I don't think literature will be purged until its philosophic pretentiousness is extruded, and I shant live to see that purge, nor perhaps when it has happened will anything survive.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Live
  • Literature

• His the author's renown has been purchased, not by deeds of violence and blood, but by the diligent dispensation of pleasure.

  

  Washington Irving
  • Violence
  • Author

• When a fellow says, 'It hain't the money, but th' principle o' the thing,' it's th' money.

  

  Kin Hubbard
  • Money

• Ours must be the first age whose great goal, on a nonmaterial plane, is not fulfilment but adjustment; and perhaps just such a goal has served as maladjustment's weapon.

  

  Louis Kronenberger
  • Great
  • Age

• In countries where there is great private wealth, much may be effected by the voluntary contributions of patriotic individuals; but in a community situated like that of the United States, the public purse must supply the deficiency of private resource. In what can it be so useful, as in prompting and improving the efforts of industry?

  

  Alexander Hamilton
  • Great
  • May
  • Community

• Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

  

  Desmond Tutu
  • World
  • Good
  • Together

• I am running for re-election no matter who runs.

  Charles B. Rangel
  • Running

• The biggest problem that we have on the face of the planet is Iran getting a nuclear weapon.

  

  Jason Chaffetz

• It is very important to me to maintain a consistent workout regimen during the season. The Bulls staff does a great job with providing me with a weekly workout, and these kept me energized throughout my rookie season. In the off season, I try to increase my strength and add new dimensions to my game.

  

  Derrick Rose
  • Great
  • Important
  • Job

• 'Glory Falls'

  

  Maya Angelou

• I got my first break in 'Bhootnath,' solely on my credit, and went on to sing for around 20 films for all the leading music composers.

  

  Armaan Malik
  • Music

• When I die and go to hell, the devil is going to make me the marketing director for a cola company. I’ll be in charge of trying to sell a product that no one needs, is identical to its competition, and can’t be sold on its merits. I’d be competing head-on in the cola wars, on price, distribution, advertising, and promotion, which would indeed be hell for me. Remember, I’m the kid who couldn’t play competitive games. I’d much rather design and sell products so good and unique that they have no competition.

  

  Yvon Chouinard
  • Good
  • Trying
  • Remember

• I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.

  

  David Lean