L. Frank Baum Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Every frame of a Coen brothers movie is filled with history and meaning, and the deeper you go, the deeper you get. That's why their movies stand up particularly well to repeated viewing and investigation.
-
The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.
-
The main thing that I learned from my horrible job experiences was how horrible they were.
-
How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.
-
No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.
-
Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for peace.
-
I'll watch CNN in the mornings to catch up on what's going on. On the weekends, I get the Sunday edition of 'The New York Times.'
-
I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
-
You're either ghetto or you're not.
-
I don't care about revenues.
-
When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
-
It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
-
The goal wasn't to create a billion-dollar company. The goal was to create something useful where I could learn things.
-
Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
-
Politics is not an exact science.
-
Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
-
That's my opportunity to hide behind that old lady and say what I want to say.
-
I think that once you've had a few No. 1s in your career that you've kind of proven yourself, and I don't feel the need to prove anything anymore.
-
Sundance is incredible and has been very important for my career as a filmmaker, but it's also not the only route to success. There are a ton of great movies that don't get in and go on and do wonderfully.
-
Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't.
-
The road, lyric-wise, is a trap, and a bore. Maybe it's interesting to me, but I don't think it's a connecting thing with other humans. What is there to write about? Truck stops, hotels, clubs?
-
The best gift we can have is living in the present moment and really enjoying it for what it is; and, not being in our heads and getting sidetracked.
-
The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.
