C. S. Lewis Quotes

It doesn't really matter whether you grip the arms of the dentist's chair or let your hands lie in your lap. The drill drills on.

C. S. Lewis

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• I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • Time
  • Music
  • Same

• Funny is an attitude.

  

  Flip Wilson
  • Funny
  • Attitude

• I think I'm a lot like other moms out there who feel like if we don't have the pecan pie we have every year, then it just won't be Christmas.

  

  Faith Hill
  • Think
  • Christmas
  • Pie

• I'm not a really religious person, but those moments onstage feel like some sort of religious experience because no one holds back, especially 'Stay With Me' when I finish the show. It kind of turns into an anthem when I perform it live, and it feels like there's a lot of love in the room.

  

  Sam Smith
  • Live
  • Experience
  • Moments

• If you just storyboard something, you've already planned it, and you're stuck in the limitations of your imagination.

  

  Daniel Espinosa
  • You
  • Imagination
  • Planned

• When I wrote 'The West Wing,' the juice behind it was that in popular culture, our leaders in government are generally portrayed as Machiavellian, or as idiots. I thought, well, how about writing about a group of hyper-competent people?

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • People
  • Writing
  • Culture

• All best-of lists should close with the amazing Kelly Link.

  

  Karen Joy Fowler
  • Amazing
  • Lists
  • Link

• I always wanted to be normal. I tried really hard, but it's like I try so hard and then people still say I'm offbeat. I've learnt to accept that and take advantage of it as an actor.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • People
  • Try
  • Take Advantage

• I've already lived one full life, and so now I'm about to endeavor to see what else the good Lord has in store for me, and I'm wide open.

  

  Valerie Simpson
  • Life
  • Good
  • Me

• It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Time
  • Good
  • Great

• It is a profound and necessary truth that the deep things in science are not found because they are useful: they are found because it was possible to find them.

  

  J. Robert Oppenheimer
  • Truth
  • Science
  • Deep

• The idea of 'Badlands' was creating a space with sound, which is a really difficult thing to do.

  

  Halsey
  • Space
  • Difficult
  • Sound

• What is your identity, and how do you know who you are if you don't have language?

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • You
  • Know
  • Language

• In 1944 James Arthur and Minnie Susan were added to the Marx household.

  

  Harpo Marx
  • Household
  • Arthur
  • Susan

• Killing people because you don't like their ideas - it's a bad thing.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • People
  • Bad
  • Ideas

• I don't want to do the nerdy, goofy guy again. That was really fitting for the 'Napoleon' world, but that's kind of where I want it to stay.

  

  Aaron Ruell
  • World
  • Guy
  • Want

• I was out on the golf course, a guy came riding out in a golf cart and said, Did you know that Elvis died? And I just said, Well, there you go. It was like I had kinda been expecting it.

  

  Mac Davis
  • Guy
  • Know
  • Golf

• Don't forget we are in a state of war and no peace. But it's very dynamic and challenging compared to the rest of the Arab world.

  

  Walid Jumblatt
  • World
  • War
  • Peace

• The thing which seems so glorious when viewed from the heights of the country's cause looks so muddy when seen from the bottom. One begins by getting angry and then feels disgusted.

  

  Rabindranath Tagore
  • Country
  • Angry

• You don't have to say it out loud. I already know why you like me.' 'You do, huh?' 'Yep.' He wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me closer. 'So,' I said. 'Tell me' 'It's an animal attraction,' he said simply. 'Totally chemical.' 'Hmm,' I said. 'You could be right.' 'It doesn't matter, anyway, why you like me.' 'No?' 'Nope.' His hands were in my hair now, and I was leaning in, not able to totally make out his face, but his voice was clear, close to my ear. 'Just that you do.

  

  Sarah Dessen
  • Animal
  • Able
  • Arms

• Half the world is below average and it's not going to get any better.

  

  David Crabb
  • World
  • Better
  • Going

• I dislike loud-mouthed patriots who suggest they like our country more than I do. Some people's idea of patriotism is hating other countries.

  

  Andy Rooney
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Country

• Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.

  

  Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Cool
  • Hands
  • Speech

• It doesn't really matter whether you grip the arms of the dentist's chair or let your hands lie in your lap. The drill drills on.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Hands
  • Lying
  • Frustration