C. S. Lewis Quotes

As the king governs by his executive, so Reason in man must rule the mere appetites by means of the 'spirited element.'

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• Through the history of rock n' roll, you see lots of bands making the mistake of putting on the tights when they get to arenas. Don't do that.

  

  Patrick Carney The Black Keys
  • History
  • Rock
  • Mistake

• What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.

  

  Harland Williams
  • Movie
  • Interesting
  • Ended

• I just love playing so much, competing so much. You're able to put your losses behind you. One of the greatest attributes a decathlete can have is the ability to forget... to look ahead, not behind.

  

  Dan O'Brien
  • Love
  • Forget
  • Ability

• I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes.

  

  Otis Rush
  • Play
  • Guitar
  • Sit

• It has always been a wonder to me where my conversational power has gone: at the present time, I cannot impress the most ordinary men.

  

  W. H. Davies
  • Time
  • Men
  • Power

• Food is available, but it cannot be shipped into an area, so the people in that area suffer the consequences.

  

  Ralph Merkle
  • People
  • Food
  • Consequences

• I had the feeling that focusing on objects and telling a story through them would make my protagonists different from those in Western novels - more real, more quintessentially of Istanbul.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
  • Different
  • Real
  • Feeling

• 'Frida' was a joy; this was delicious, I couldn't wait every day to get to the set, although I was exhausted, and have my leg get cut off or lose the baby or be in her shoes and get to play my hero and be able to go places emotionally. You know, we live for parts like this. This is a dream for an actor.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Live
  • Dream
  • Day

• I've been lucky to work consistently on women who I think are interesting, fleshed out, and strong and active participants in their destiny.

  

  Mackenzie Davis
  • Work
  • Women
  • Strong

• I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Hate
  • Religion
  • Easy

• Thanks to every gay person in public and non-public life who has come out.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Life
  • Gay
  • Thanks

• Nevertheless, I do know that we are part of a danger zone, we have military operations in Afghanistan and we're training the Iraqi police force. The terrorists also have us in their sights.

  

  Otto Schily
  • Know
  • Training
  • Military

• Novels taught me that history is dramatic. I wanted my students to know that, too.

  

  Laura Amy Schlitz
  • History
  • Know
  • Me

• I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts.

  

  Dakota Goyo
  • Movie
  • Superhero
  • Martial Arts

• Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.

  

  Salvador Dali
  • Vision
  • Only
  • Surrealism

• I'm a writer, so whatever gymnastics jump through my head, I write about it.

  

  Earl King
  • Jump
  • Head
  • Gymnastics

• If you can dream it, you can do it.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Dream
  • You
  • Motivational

• I want to challenge my cinematography and my editing.

  

  Daniel Espinosa
  • Want
  • Challenge
  • Editing

• A cockroach likely has no less brainpower than a butterfly, but we're quicker to deny it consciousness because it's a species we dislike.

  

  Jeffrey Kluger
  • Butterfly

• My father was a Baptist preacher, and he used to read the King James Bible to me every single morning. He made me memorize it and repeat verses at night before I went to sleep.

  

  Jay Parini
  • Father
  • Night
  • Single

• A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • King
  • Sacrifice
  • Determination

• To me, the most emotional thing is to see regular people wearing our clothes. Yes, sometimes I see our clothes on somebody, and I think, 'No!', but you can't stop someone in the street and say, 'Please go home and change.'

  

  Domenico Dolce
  • People
  • Home
  • Stop

• I try consciously to keep myself entertained and challenged to not repeat myself at all. Like, when I start a new book, my goal is to pretty much throw out what I've done and try something completely different that I think initially I cannot do.

  

  Jennifer Egan
  • Different
  • Done
  • Book

• As the king governs by his executive, so Reason in man must rule the mere appetites by means of the 'spirited element.'

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • King