Barbara Holland Quotes
Hospitality, or flinging wide the door to friends and wayfarers alike, was once important, back in a world without motels or safety nets, where a friend might find his castle burnt down or a wayfarer find bandits on his trail.
Quotes to Explore
-
I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
-
Every good movie I watch, the hero becomes my favourite. I start blushing every time a hero romances a heroine.
-
Feature filmmaking is a very powerful medium. It has a hold on me now.
-
I'm kind of sarcastic. Not cynical but sarcastic.
-
With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction.
-
I'm not completely at ease at rapping, I can't do it well yet.
-
I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.
-
Anywhere in life, for girls there's pressure to keep your weight and to keep yourself feeling and looking good.
-
No matter how much you've done before, you wonder if there will be a light at the end of this particular tunnel. It's the nature of the beast, and it's a part of what compels us. Every movie is a new lesson you learn making your way through it.
-
I just get silly inside my head and I start to think about something and in my head I start twisting it around, contorting it and envisioning it in different ways.
-
Women are the only 'oppressed' group that is able to buy most of the $10 billion worth of cosmetics each year; the only oppressed group that spends more on high fashion, brand-name clothing than its oppressors; the only oppressed group that watches more TV.
-
Let us choose to believe something good can happen.
-
Sound moral principle is the only sure evidence of strength, the only firm foundation of greatness and perpetuity. Where this is lacking, no man's character is strong; no nation's life can be lasting.
-
Growing up, I wasn't the most vocal kid in the world. I feel like I learned through observation, and usually, when you're watching things, you're not speaking. That sort of metastasized in a way that I began to participate less and less in the world.
-
An inspiring word for me is to think of myself as limitless.
-
Even the dark places are places. You're still somewhere.
-
I see Hermes, unsuspected, dying, well-beloved, saying to the people, 'Do not weep for me,This is not my true country, I have lived banished from my true country-I now go back there,I return to the celestial sphere where every one goes in his turn.'
-
He is Mr Piano Man, I am Miss Piano Man.
-
There are very few people that I deal with from a business side that it's just strictly a one-sided business relationship. I think that's important.
-
If thy friends tire of thee, remember that it is human to tire of everything.
-
True friends don’t spend time gazing into each other’s eyes. They may show great tenderness towards each other but they face in the same direction - toward common projects, goals - above all, towards a common Lord.
-
I hate doctors! They'll do anything... to keep you coming to them. They'll sell their souls. What's worse, they'll sell yours, and you never know it till one day you find yourself in hell.
-
Hospitality, or flinging wide the door to friends and wayfarers alike, was once important, back in a world without motels or safety nets, where a friend might find his castle burnt down or a wayfarer find bandits on his trail.
