Frederic Louis Sauser (Blaise Cendrars) Quotes
One's life, from being an exterior thing, grows inwards. Its intensity stays the same; and, d'you know, it's most mysterious, the corners in which the joy of living can sometimes hide away.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage.
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Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.
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I have not intended to denigrate or hurt the beliefs of anyone through my art.
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What is history but a fable agreed upon?
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Let us unite the world through the compassion for our children.
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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Mark Twain created a new type of literature and not a lot of people can say that. Not a lot of people can say they're absolutely original and completely self-made.
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I find short, fast romances romantic. There's a beauty to dark imagery.
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We need to write books that publicists and marketers and booksellers and book club leaders and librarians and readers can get excited about. That have something about them that makes them stand out. That makes them shine.
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I had so many faux-parents.
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We are all losers in comparison to Malala Yousafzai. But we are not all geniuses. Like me.
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I sort of fall apart in terms of stamina after about 25 minutes!
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Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
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I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.
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Those edges and turns teach control and discipline, just like finger exercises on the piano.
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My grandmother is the person who inspires me the most.
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I have no big career plan. It is better for me that way.
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I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and do and try. And life goes by.
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The whole idea of god is absurd. If anything, '2001' shows that what some people call 'god' is simply an acceptable term for their ignorance. What they don't understand, they call 'god' -Stanley Kubrick, interview, 1963
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We live in stories. What we are is stories. We do things because of what is called character, and our character is formed by the stories we learn to live in.
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It's a fine balance for an athlete in enjoying the moment and being really satisfied, say, with a run, and with your day, and knowing you can make it better in the future.
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Reliable and competitively priced electricity is fundamental to growing our economy and creating jobs. Our customers expect nothing less.
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One's life, from being an exterior thing, grows inwards. Its intensity stays the same; and, d'you know, it's most mysterious, the corners in which the joy of living can sometimes hide away.
