Carolyn Wells Quotes

I don't believe the half I hear, Nor the quarter of what I see! But I have one faith, sublime and true, That nothing can shake or slay; Each spring I firmly believe anew All the seed catalogues say!

Carolyn Wells

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• It's those damn critics again.

  

  Irwin Shaw
  • Critics
  • Again
  • Damn

• I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and people like that.

  

  Jacki Weaver
  • People
  • Crazy
  • Like

• This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.

  

  Harold Brodkey
  • Mind
  • Identity
  • Speech

• We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.

  

  Warren E. Burger
  • People
  • More
  • Act

• I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.

  

  Olivier Martinez
  • Great
  • Believe
  • Age

• The Schindler Jews were off-limits in Brunnlitz.

  

  Oskar Schindler
  • Jews
  • Were

• I had a wonderful mother who wanted my sister and me to have everything, even though money was a very prominent thing we didn't have. But we had a very happy childhood - pretty much ideal, in fact.

  

  Natalie Babbitt
  • Money
  • Happy
  • Mother

• We are breaking new ground in the territory of dumb with 'Shooting Fish.' Dumb, but in good taste. Silly, but not ridiculous.

  

  Dan Futterman
  • Good
  • Silly
  • Dumb

• It's quite nice to have a bit more color on the lips during wintertime. And it's festive, isn't it?

  

  Lara Stone
  • Nice
  • Color
  • Lips

• Because I see my mum and dad as such amazing friends, I think I'll be a really good dad.

  

  Gareth Gates
  • Good
  • Friends
  • Dad

• We were very lucky. My mother and stepmothers were on very, very good terms, and so we, the children, grew up as brothers and sisters.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • Up
  • Good
  • Children

• I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Character
  • Unusual
  • Inventing

• I supported Pat Toomey when he ran in 2010. I gave him money in September of 2009 because I wanted him to be the U.S. senator. I personally contributed my own money.

  

  Karl Rove
  • Money
  • September
  • Him

• Even when I'm playing a lawyer or a doctor, I want to play a person. A human being.

  

  J. August Richards
  • Play
  • Lawyer
  • Doctor

• All of technology, really, is about maximizing free options.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Free
  • Technology
  • Options

• I love British bands.

  

  Taylor Momsen
  • Love
  • Bands
  • British

• Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.

  

  Adam Hochschild
  • Time
  • Work
  • Short

• Para ser grande, sê inteiro: nadaTeu exagera ou exclui.Sê todo em cada coisa. Põe quanto ésNo mínimo que fazes.Assim em cada lago a lua todaBrilha, porque alta vive.

  

  Fernando Pessoa

• People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.

  

  James Hilton
  • People
  • Believe
  • Mistakes

• With a play, you do it and it's gone. Films always date. Television drama always dates. Television comedy, for some reason, seems to go on.

  

  Penelope Keith
  • Comedy
  • Drama

• I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.

  

  Rachel Platten
  • Music
  • Fun
  • Cool

• It's really important that folks be able to speak out.

  

  Kate Brown
  • Important
  • Speak
  • Out

• I don't believe the half I hear, Nor the quarter of what I see! But I have one faith, sublime and true, That nothing can shake or slay; Each spring I firmly believe anew All the seed catalogues say!

  

  Carolyn Wells
  • Believe
  • Spring
  • Sublime