James Payn Quotes

Some Critics on the Hearth are not only good-natured, but have rather too high, or, if that is impossible, let us say too pronounced, an opinion of the abilities of their literary friends.

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• Law gave me some structure... all these rules and internal disciplines.

  

  M. J. Hyland
  • Law
  • Me
  • Rules

• America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.

  

  Carlisle Floyd
  • America
  • Artist
  • Talent

• I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy.

  

  Zayn Malik One Direction
  • Bad
  • Boy
  • Misunderstood

• Today, for the first time - and the Obama campaign showed us this - we can go from the digital world, from the self-organizing power of networks, to the physical one.

  

  Carlo Ratti
  • Time
  • World
  • Power

• The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.

  

  Carlton Cuse
  • Lost
  • Story
  • Difficult

• I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Book
  • Know
  • Famous

• A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.

  

  Wade Boggs
  • Positive
  • Thoughts
  • Attitude

• Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced.

  

  Hans Hofmann
  • Time
  • Art
  • Me

• We are God's creation, and we have a responsibility to keep ourselves at our best.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • God
  • Responsibility
  • Best

• I went from being a jock to a hippie. It was a very clear-cut decision. I had to be one or the other. I had to forsake that other aspect of myself. Or thought that I had to, which is regrettable. Quickly, I was back in the pine trees with the hippies, listening to my Jimi Hendrix and my Janis Joplin and turning on, tuning in, and dropping out.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Myself
  • Decision
  • Listening

• Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Strength
  • Graceful
  • Elves

• I don't throw my clothes out after one wear. Shocking, I know.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Know
  • Clothes
  • Throw

• In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Children
  • Kids
  • House

• I grew up in a little funny town called Xuzhou, in the countryside, very poor. We didn't have hot water. We were four children: three girls and a boy.

  

  Wendi Deng Murdoch
  • Up
  • Children
  • Funny

• Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.

  

  Kate Smith
  • Song
  • Singing
  • Years

• I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions.

  

  Taylor Caldwell
  • Life
  • Happy
  • My Life

• It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Me
  • Play
  • Album

• I've been able to sell a number of pilots. Most have been based on my personal experience, so basically, my pitches have been like 'Sit-'n-Spin' pieces.

  

  Maggie Rowe
  • Experience
  • Like
  • Personal

• This is our 40th year in business. We don't have a single penny from outside investors, and we never borrowed heavily from the banks. We have a healthy balance sheet and more credit than we can use.

  

  Andrew Cherng
  • Business
  • Single
  • Balance

• The ultimate risk is not taking a risk.

  

  James Goldsmith
  • Risk
  • Courage
  • Ultimate

• You learn to live with your crazy enthusiasms which nobody else shares, and then you find a few other nuts like yourself, and they're your friends for a lifetime. That's what friends are, the people who share your crazy outlook and protect you from the world, because nobody else is going to give a damn what you're doing, so you need a few other people like yourself.

  

  Ray Bradbury
  • World
  • Crazy
  • Lifetime

• There was no difference between my characters and the life my readers were going to have to face.

  

  Carl Barks
  • Life
  • Difference
  • Face

• Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

  

  Jawaharlal Nehru
  • People
  • Mind
  • War

• Some Critics on the Hearth are not only good-natured, but have rather too high, or, if that is impossible, let us say too pronounced, an opinion of the abilities of their literary friends.

  

  James Payn
  • Good
  • Friends
  • High