Donna Langley Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
-
I think everyone who goes to see a 'Bond' movie expects to be impressed by the look and the locations chosen. Certainly I was when I grew up watching them, and I don't think that's changed in the last 50 years.
-
The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
-
I like everything perfect. Everything has to be neat. My sister is 5, and she's more messy than I am. I make my bed every morning, everything's perfect. My shoes are all arranged. It's sad. I'm a little like Ray, a little bit.
-
Ascetics and fakirs come to mitigate human suffering; to heal us and lead us on the path. They put up with criticism; they go through many worldly trials. Some of them have even become martyrs for our sake. But they have done all this with a smile and with gratitude to God. Hence sacrifice is a great virtue.
-
This is not a zero-sum game. We know that if we provide access and education, particularly where there are gaps in the market, we will create more jobs, we will create more growth, and we will create more activity in the U.S. market, which will be good for our economy.
-
When a 300-pound person like me is playing, I'm supposed to drink at least a gallon of water a day.
-
'Hannity' had a a guy on that said, 'I fathered 20 kids by 14 mothers.' That is s cultural issue which has demeaned our society and has caused our society dearly in terms of imprisonment. Who's going to be the fathers to those children? Who's going to pay child support?
-
I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything.
-
My father went to work every day, and it's my job to go to work, too. Some days will be good, some won't be so good, but I have to go to work.
-
My brother and I had many games. We were inseparable. We had a little team going on between us. We had even a language that was kind of like pig latin. So we'd speak in the language. It's called Op.
-
I'm very happy with the choices I've been making and the people I've been working with. I hope I can continue along this path.
-
I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
-
Our high school didn't have a crew team - we started the crew team.
-
I never got to Broadway. I would love to do that.
-
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
-
Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty.
-
In current times, our moral uproar is best reserved for those who aspire to stone men or women to death, not those who consensually watch women - or men, for that matter - dance.
-
I met Donald Barthelme when I was 30, and it's fair to say that before that moment, I was pre-modern, and after I met him, I was nudged rather forcefully towards this other end of the spectrum.
-
I'm always in search of those books where you don't want to stop reading, and 'Me Before You' is at the top of that list.
-
People don't make changes because things are wonderful.
-
I love myself.
-
When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat and stepping on to another, even though both boats are going at 60 miles per hour.
-
Directing is a rarefied business. And you see very few women pass that Rubicon.
