William Faulkner Quotes
You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
Quotes to Explore
-
With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.
-
I'm more like an animalistic rock chick.
-
People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
-
Usually in TV... A TV director could be anything from a main grip to just a glorified cameraman, and sometimes a director can be the person who is hired last. It's very much a producer's medium.
-
I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt.
-
Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.
-
When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.
-
My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
-
You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
-
Space exploration is important research to our economic and national defense, and America's space program is a symbol of our success as a scientifically and technologically advanced nation.
-
I did not enjoy Cambridge. But I shouldn't blame Cambridge alone. I wasn't ready for university or for the wrench of leaving home. It was a big cultural shock.
-
We need an unambiguous rule - a law - that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.
-
I work full-time in a used bookstore. I get up. I drink a cup of coffee. I think, The last thing I want to do is write. Then I go to the computer and write.
-
We have an ideal location for a couple of organic wineries on the island. But the reintroduction of commercial agriculture to Lanai is 100% dependent upon increasing the available water on the island. So we're going to use solar energy to convert seawater to fresh water.
-
It's really exciting to see all those people that exist in numbers online translate into tickets and then into faces, handshakes, pictures, stories.
-
When I was 11 my friend's mom made a peanut butter sandwich. I ate the sandwich and was like, 'I'm never eating anything else again.' And I still eat peanut butter every day. I would put peanut butter on a steak.
-
But I never, never thought of the ministry nor did - of course, television when I was growing up, there was no television. So I didn't know anything about it.
-
The spiritual history of the Sixties has yet to be written.
-
But actors with political views are a dime a dozen.
-
With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.
-
I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.
-
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character; it becomes lack of power to act with courage proportionate to danger. All this must lead to the destruction of our intellectual life unless the danger summons up strong personalities able to fill the lukewarm and discouraged with new strength and resolution.
-
You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
