R. M. Ballantyne Quotes

I propose,” replied Jack, “that we shall undress ourselves, rub ourselves entirely over with charcoal and grease, so that they shall not recognise us, and dash in and carry the girl off by a coup de main. In which case it will, of course, be neck or nothing, and a tremendous race to the cave, where, if they follow us, we will keep them at bay with our rifles.” “Umph!

R. M. Ballantyne

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• Every major player is working on this technology of artificial intelligence. As of now, it's benign... but I would say that the day is not far off when artificial intelligence as applied to cyber warfare becomes a threat to everybody.

  

  Ted Bell
  • Technology
  • Day
  • Player

• I tend to stay with the panic. I embrace the panic.

  

  Larry David
  • Embrace
  • Stay
  • Panic

• A lot of cable television is shot on a single camera. Our eyes are more trained to that. It takes the camera off the crane, away from observing the action, to becoming a character in the story along with everyone else. People are getting used to that.

  

  A. J. Bowen
  • People
  • Character
  • Action

• Our fashion style is very legendary and very classic. I feel like it's different, and I feel like everybody got our own different style to bring to the table.

  

  Quavo Migos
  • Different
  • Fashion
  • Style

• If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?

  

  Mary Astell
  • Men
  • Women
  • Free

• Frank Sinatra was a great singer, but my favourite is Sammy Davis Jr. He had incredible versatility in his voice, often doing impressions of people. It's always going to be classic, and you'll never get bored listening.

  

  Anton du Beke
  • People
  • Great
  • Listening

• I don't sleep with happily married men.

  

  Britt Ekland
  • Men
  • Sleep

• Animals are certainly more sophisticated than we used to think. And we shouldn't lump together animals as a group. Crows and chimps and dogs are all highly intelligent in very different ways.

  

  Alison Gopnik
  • Different
  • Together
  • Intelligent

• False modesty is better than none.

  

  Vilhjalmur Stefansson
  • False
  • Modesty
  • None

• A gift of any kind is a considerable responsibility. It is a mystery in itself, something gratuitous and wholly undeserved, something whose real uses will probably always be hidden from us.

  

  Flannery O'Connor
  • Real
  • Kind
  • Responsibility

• Even a low-budget film costs way more money than a high-priced record. So, it's mo' money, mo' problems. When you have more money, it just creates more people trying to get involved and you have more trouble.

  

  Rob Zombie
  • People
  • Trying
  • Money

• Wouldn't it be great to see a line in all movie credits that truthfully says, 'Nobody was harmed in the making of this film, and at the cast party, all animals got a belly belly belly rub.'

  

  Elayne Boosler
  • Great
  • Movie
  • Party

• Life is a Shylock; always it demands The fullest userer's interest for each pleasure. Gifts are not freely scattered by its hands; We make returns for every borrowed treasure.

  

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox
  • Life

• Purpose, pattern, and people, the three P's at the heart of life.

  

  Charles Handy
  • People
  • Life
  • Heart

• Fashion, after all, is magic and miracle…intended to bestow proportion and beauty where both have been lost or faded with the years.

  

  Charles James
  • Lost
  • Fashion
  • Magic

• Normally, even if you're on the set for 12 hours, there may be only a moment or two when you are actually useful.

  

  Tom Stoppard
  • May
  • Moments
  • Two

• If you have some other profession that allows you your evenings or weekends, terrific, stick with that. Having a profession other than writing also has the potential side benefit of providing you with material, something to write about.

  

  Debra Dean
  • Writing
  • Weekend
  • Benefits

• Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all. When people suggest you follow your "passion" or your "bliss," I propose that they are, in fact, referring to the same singular concept: excitement. This brings us full circle. The question you should be asking isn't, "What do I want?" or "What are my goals?" but "What would excite me?"

  

  Tim Ferriss
  • Question
  • Happiness
  • Goals

• I take pride in being a jack of all trades.

  

  Ezekiel Elliott
  • Pride
  • Trades
  • Jack

• In modern life, we hide behind ourselves. In Shakespeare, there's nowhere left to hide. It's life, larger than life, and every actor has to raise their game to get there.

  

  Ray Fearon
  • Modern
  • Ourselves
  • Behind

• As long as we have practiced neither concentration nor mindfulness, the ego takes itself for granted and remains its usual normal size, as big as the people around one will allow.

  

  Ayya Khema
  • Ego
  • Size
  • Concentration

• I propose,” replied Jack, “that we shall undress ourselves, rub ourselves entirely over with charcoal and grease, so that they shall not recognise us, and dash in and carry the girl off by a coup de main. In which case it will, of course, be neck or nothing, and a tremendous race to the cave, where, if they follow us, we will keep them at bay with our rifles.” “Umph!

  

  R. M. Ballantyne
  • Ourselves
  • Propose
  • Jack