Seamus Heaney Quotes
I've always associated the moment of writing with a moment of lift, of joy, of unexpected reward.Seamus Heaney
Quotes to Explore
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I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.
Nadine Velazquez -
Ceausescu thought I had only a few medals, but I have a room full of them in Bucharest, between 150-200 in all. They needed suitcases to haul them out.
Nadia Comaneci -
I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
Laura Hillenbrand -
The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
Damon Albarn Blur -
The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
Ursula K. Le Guin -
When you've got children, it's easy to do that thing of keeping a tally of who woke up earliest and whose turn it is to put them to bed. But I think the important thing is to appreciate and love each other and to show that appreciation.
Olivia Colman
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When the first album came out and I heard 'Do It Again' on the radio, that was the greatest thing that had ever happened. After that, it was all downhill.
Walter Becker China Crisis -
Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.
Ziggy Marley -
You can't write about an iconic Hollywood star of the sixties without bumping up against Elizabeth Taylor.
Taylor Jenkins Reid -
Surprizes are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
Jane Austen -
Museums are like sports stadiums, hotels and hospitals: they are in the category of captive-audience dining.
Danny Meyer -
Men are hugely significant to me and to many of the women I interview.
Amanda de Cadenet
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Everybody has busy lives, but you can tell people, 'Go outside and look at the night sky. We've been able to demonstrate that every star you see probably has a planet around it.'
Ellen Stofan -
If you look where kids are spending time on the Net, they may have all the information in the world, but they're not accessing it.
Beeban Kidron -
South America was not really that open - you had to fit in, and I didn't fit in. I was different - my tastes, my point of view - were a bit weird, and I found in Britain a sense of calm, that I could just be.
Mario Testino -
Some women have said, 'Gee, here I am getting involved with this fat guy, what will people think of me?' But they were converted and sometimes surprised.
Daniel Pinkwater -
Some asteroids have us in their sights. Be nice to sort of go near them and find out what they're made of, possibly tag their ears so they're always broadcasting to us their location. In case one of their trajectories head straight for us, we'll know well in advance to do something about it.
Neil deGrasse Tyson -
I always loved family holidays, and I had this vision and dream as a little girl of having a big family of my own.
Brooke Burke
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They were numerically outnumbered.
Garry Birtles -
Well, Toronto, I consider to be the birthplace of my films. I've made three films and this is the third one to premiere here in the same theater on the same day at the same time - they are my audience. They're the people that I think about while I'm writing, directing, and editing. I specifically make movies for them.
Jason Reitman -
I love the fact that people can relate to what I'm saying, even if it's not for the same subject I was writing about. That is the power of real music and real expression.
Corey Taylor Stone Sour -
Comics writing is for your artist. It's not for the general reader; it's for the artist. So I love writing scripts for artists.
Marjorie Liu -
I began writing with a Michael Buble mentality. I think he's fantastic, and it's the perfect music for any date night, ever.
Joe Jonas Jonas Brothers -
I've always associated the moment of writing with a moment of lift, of joy, of unexpected reward.
Seamus Heaney