Frank Murphy Quotes
The number one reason I write is to come to schools and see my readers. I would do it for free.
Quotes to Explore
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I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking, 'So, are actors supposed to be dumb?'
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My mother is the sort of woman who not only can raise a chicken and roast it to moist perfection but, as she proved to my openmouthed sister and me on a family holiday to Morocco when we were very young, can barter for one in a market, kill it, pluck it, and then cook it to perfection.
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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Women are put in a position of feeling embarrassed about their bodies. It's so ridiculous, but also astounding - we have to always be apologetic about having created the human race.
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I don't think you can judge something without seeing it.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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I try not to eat too many raw vegetables. I only have one raw meal a day. At night I eat warm, cooked foods. I like to drink lots of tea, but no coffee. Not drinking coffee has changed my game for the better.
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If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
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We should involve the whole world in the handling of this refugee crisis.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts.
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People's lives change dramatically over such a long time period, and I think that if you're still vital, and you're still interested in writing and things like that, of course your music evolves and reflects where you are in your life.
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Then after I saw the scoreboard that we were tied, I was really happy, because I really wanted to win.
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Intelligent, successful, attractive people can be intimidating. They force us to hold a mirror to ourselves; we can be disappointed, jealous or inspired toward personal growth.
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I think a lot of theater actors that were great, like Walken or Glenn Close, later became film actors.
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Graphic novels let you take risks that just wouldn't fly in the conventional book form.
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My biggest thing is banana pudding, but it's the devil! So no one is allowed to bring it into my house. Because I can't control myself. So why put it in my domain?
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If I go to a concert or sporting event I usually go in a VIP entrance. And leave the same way.
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But I come here today, Berlin, to say complacency is not the character of great nations.
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It's very strange writing science fiction in a world that moves as fast as ours does.
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I will not undertake to offer an opinion on the capacity of Hindustan to produce cotton. The region is large, and the soil and climate various, the population great and wages low; but I must be permitted to doubt the success of the experiment of driving us out of the market, though backed and patronized by English capital and energy.
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The number one reason I write is to come to schools and see my readers. I would do it for free.
