Samuel Butler Quotes
A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.
Quotes to Explore
-
Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
-
When someone is bullying you, don't let it get to you. I remember my friends in school, someone said something mean to them, and they really let it get to them. And it really affected them. But I would just say try to ignore it as much as possible and just be yourself.
-
I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.'
-
I did an improv that was one of the most exhilarating ten minutes of my entire life. I mean, when you're doing it, you forget yourself.
-
This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.
-
It sounds super cliche, but my sister is 12 years younger than me, and I remember when I was there holding her in my arms for the first time. And that kind of responsibility you feel when you hold a child in your arms.
-
Civil lawsuits do two important things: they compensate people who are injured by the bad acts of others, and they penalize people and companies for bad behavior.
-
Guys try to take you out of the game if they know they can. So especially if you've got a playmaker, guys on the defense would do that.
-
You as an audience can look at these things as films, but I remember them as social experiences.
-
The nude scenes were a little eerie and I felt a bit odd. Yeah, when the camera scanned up my body, I said to my friend, 'Now, that's a close-up.' I mean, you see every inch of my body. But I'm okay with it and so it was cool.
-
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
-
I'm not really that bothered by appearance. I know a few players who go off doing stuff in the mirror ages before they go out to play a game, but I'm not really interested in that.
-
Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how long he's been doing it; he probably doesn't need the publicity anymore!
-
You are always, always overwhelmed by positive response because you know it can go either way.
-
Oh, you know, I think it was definitely a little pressure, to remake something like 'Fame'.
-
I don't think there's an illustrator who's as good as a Titian or a Rembrandt... but then, Rembrandt was a bit of an illustrator on the quiet, you know?
-
The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen.
-
Remember to do the things you enjoy away from swimming, regularly.
-
You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
-
People with rights are infinitely in a better position than people who have no rights.
-
Most of us don't think about miracles that we could possibly do. We don't have a vocabulary of how God works with the specific things that He does, and we don't know how to align ourselves with what He is doing so that we can be His vehicle on the earth to deliver a miracle.
-
Get this, kids - how a man proposes isn't what makes him romantic. It's how a man purposes to lay down his life that makes him romantic.
-
The people with pets talk to them, they're less isolated and their lives are different with an animal by their side.
-
A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.
