Anthony Oliver "A. O." Scott (A. O. Scott) Quotes
War of the Worlds is rated PG-13. Much of the earth's population is wiped out, leaving very little time for sex or bad language.
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls.
-
War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.
-
One of the last books I read was 'Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime' by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. It gives a really good behind-the-scenes look at the campaigns. I didn't ask the president how accurate it was. I wouldn't ask him that.
-
What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
-
Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
-
Predominantly I'm an Adidas guy who walks around in sports gear all the time because there's always a ball right next to me somewhere. I do a lot of sports, but I do enjoy wearing a lot of suits.
-
I like things simple.
-
Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.
-
When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban - that's my definition for her - I don't think she's me. Now I don't even feel as if I was shot. Even my life in Swat feels like a part of history or a movie I watched. Things change. God has given us a brain and a heart which tell us how to live.
-
My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
-
A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
-
You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
-
I'm very tomboy, and I'm inspired by hip hop artists.
-
E. Klimov's 'Come and See,' about partisans fighting the Germans in Byelorussia, is the greatest anti-war film ever made.
-
I used to play the trombone and the trumpet, which I still have, but I haven't picked up for a long time.
-
I rarely play a real person, because I don't think I'm a good imitator.
-
I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion.
-
We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
-
Ibn al-Haytham was the first person ever to set down the rules of science. -S01E05
-
I have never understood why the politicians who are most eager to send soldiers into harm's way are always depicted as their most ardent friends.
-
One thing is certain: That is that the power of belief, the power of thought, will move reality in the direction of what we believe and conceive of it. If you really believe you can do something, you can. That is a fact.
-
I usually see the word "metafiction" applied to works that draw attention to their own devices, their own artificiality, in order to mock novelistic convention and show the impossibility of capturing a reality external to the text or whatever.
-
Time will tell how you rate against the rest of the competition. I'll let everyone else worry about championships. I'm going to worry about qualifying at Pomona.
-
War of the Worlds is rated PG-13. Much of the earth's population is wiped out, leaving very little time for sex or bad language.
