James Nicoll Quotes
We discovered at one point that the brick wall of the pillar would hold up a sock pretty well. This led to sorting socks by putting them on the wall, which in turn led to mosaics built entirely of socks. Mission drift is a hazard in all pursuits, including doing the laundry.
Quotes to Explore
-
Body experience... is the centre of creation.
-
Who is there that can adequately gauge the greatness of the humility, gentleness, self-surrender, revealed by the Lord of majesty in assuming human nature, in accepting the punishment of death, the shame of the cross?
-
My dad was pretty strict. We didn't even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 years old. I didn't even see his stand-up, really, until I started doing stand-up, and that was when I was 22. So he's pretty strict. We had curfews until I was 17... he didn't play around.
-
I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
-
My mom used to tell me when I was little, 'When it rains, it's God's manifestation - a big day's waiting to happen.'
-
You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
-
I have a rebellious teenage thing. If my mom says I can't do it, I'm gonna do it. But I'm pretty good. That's why it was fun to play Sam in 'The Bling Ring.' I got to be someone crazy and wild to the extreme, then go home and relax and get rid of the burden.
-
He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
-
I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.
-
When you see results, you start to wonder, 'What would happen if I had oatmeal instead of sausage for breakfast?' You start to eat better because you feel better.
-
What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.
-
I need nothing from my companion. No money, no financial security, no emotional support, nothing. All I want is the freedom to be myself.
-
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
-
While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance.
-
That's just a symbol of how you should deal with a breakup. You can cry for a little bit, eat some ice cream, but I think, after that, it's like, get up, listen to some powerful music and do something that makes you happy, be productive.
-
My own philanthropic efforts have always included an educational element, whether it's expanding opportunities to educate a promising mind or extending the brain's ability to learn.
-
Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis.
-
The Moon and Mars were the two most likely candidates for life in the solar system; what exists beyond our solar system is mere guesswork.
-
I remembered that my grandfather had spent his teenage years in Shanghai and that he went back after he finished medical school to work there in a hospital. So I went back into my family archives and was able to find out his exact address; it was a street that was in the French Concession.
-
I had so much fun in early days learning about networking, security, scalability and other geeky stuff.
-
I feel a lot healthier when I'm having sex. Physically. I feel all these jitters when I wake up in the morning. Just energy jitters. I take vitamins, I work out every day. When I'm having sex, I don't have that.
-
Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.
-
Sex should not be in the movies and should be in the home, and violence should be in the movies and not in the home.
-
We discovered at one point that the brick wall of the pillar would hold up a sock pretty well. This led to sorting socks by putting them on the wall, which in turn led to mosaics built entirely of socks. Mission drift is a hazard in all pursuits, including doing the laundry.
