Warren Ellis Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
-
The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
-
Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
-
I'm very proud to be a woman - you're part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That's really special.
-
We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
-
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
-
I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
-
It seems to me that 'women's writing' by nature would not seek equivalence in the male world. It would be a writing that sought to express a distinction, not deny it.
-
I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually, I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.
-
I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
-
The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
-
Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
-
I feel great physically. I feel really good.
-
In 2001, I moved from Philly to Atlanta, where I lived for six years. I had never lived anywhere but Philly, and you can imagine the culture shock; the Civil War seeps into daily life and conversation down South in a way it never does up North.
-
One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
-
If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.
-
Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
-
Even as a kid, I was a businessman. I figured out that if you plucked all the berries off my neighbor's tree and smashed them up, they made a Nickelodeon Gak-type consistency. I sold them to all the neighborhood kids and made stacks of quarters. Of course, the berries were poisonous, and I got in all types of trouble.
-
I don't have any complaints about homosexuals being married in a civil ceremony. But I don't think that the government ought to require religious organizations, churches, should perform marriages between homosexuals if a local congregation decides otherwise. I believe in the autonomy of individual churches.
-
One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
-
A lot of first-time filmmakers are almost apologizing for their movie by saying, 'Well, we only had 18 days to shoot, you know.'
-
In this digital age, there is no place to hide behind public relations people. This digital age requires leaders to be visible and authentic and to be able to communicate the decisions they've made and why they've made them, to be able to acknowledge when they've made a mistake and to move forward, to engage in the debate.
-
People who grew up on my books are now able to get the point across to others that they're worth reading.
-
I think blogging is a muscle that most people wear out.
