James McAvoy Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.
-
I've been searching for ways to heal myself, and I've found that kindness is the best way.
-
Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
-
I do constantly get to change the way I look, which is sort of an old-school idea of acting.
-
Unfortunately, what many people forget is that judges are just lawyers in robes.
-
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
-
One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
-
The onset of mania occurs when repression is no longer able to resist the assaults of the repressed instincts.
-
I respect the Indian government for the fact that there are no settlements in Kashmir.
-
The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
-
I was a 'young adult' when I wrote 'The Outsiders,' although it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise.
-
I became fascinated with the concept of speak no, see no, hear no evil. And - and the actual depiction of three wise monkeys. And I began collecting it over the years. And I kind of figured that I might be the - the fourth monkey, the feel no evil monkey.
-
When I got to Florida, I was a British kid, but I was also an Indian kid: a brown kid with an English accent. Talk about being an outsider. And that's become the theme of a lot of the stuff I write about.
-
History, whether sacred or profane, hides her teaching from those who study her through coloured glasses. She only reveals truth to those who look through the cold clear medium of passionless inquiry, who seek the Truth without determining first the masquerade in which alone they will receive it.
-
Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
-
Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better.
-
If you real from the heart, you real from the heart. That ain't got nothing to do with no sex or gender.
-
The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.
-
I mainly cook British food with a few things I've had on my holidays. I went to the Canary Islands a few years ago, and we had all sorts of different mushrooms on brioche with pancetta on top, and it was delicious. I had it most days for lunch, so I thought, 'I'll do that when I get back,' and now it's in my cookbook, an absolute favourite.
-
For me in my twenties, working in Hollywood was confusing in that the differences between what was fiction and what was nonfiction seemed to blur in my mind. Everything became a visual memory for me. I carried my Leica camera, giving opportunity to take pictures from my view.
-
Give your weakness to one who helps.
-
In a way, I had such a normal life. But in another way, I saw things most kids don't see.
-
I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.
