Edmund Fuller Quotes
Thomas A. Edison was once reluctantly persuaded by his wife to attend one of the big social functions of the season in New York. At last the inventor managed to escape the crowd of people vying for his attention, and sat alone unnoticed in a corner. Edison kept looking at his watch with a resigned expression on his face. A friend edged near to him unnoticed and heard the inventor mutter to himself with a sigh, "If there were only a dog here!"
Quotes to Explore
-
No one can make the most of himself until he looks upon his life as a magnificent possibility, the materials for a great masterpiece, to mar or spoil which would be a great tragedy.
-
My ex-husband didn't like my singing. He didn't like my hair. He hated my eyes. Everything. Everything he complimented me on when we first met, he just hated.
-
We have gone through everything as a nation - partition, dictatorship, and even anarchy.
-
Football is losing its heart and sense of humour.
-
I think poetry is a fabulous medium to encapsulate thoughts far more precisely than prose.
-
I'm not at all a hero. I'm a wussy.
-
I used to be a professional kiteboarder. People were like, 'Oh, my God, are you scared of sharks? Are you scared of injuries?' You can't be scared. If you're scared, then you can't do it. You can't train to be the best.
-
I don't fear anyone. We don't come to play in this sport.
-
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
-
When I was filming 'Ouija,' there were some elements in that that really creeped me out.
-
Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love.
-
In recent years, the government has lost more than five million fingerprints from government employees. They have lost hundreds of millions of credit numbers from financial institutions. This problem is happening more and more and more. And the only way we can protect ourselves is to make phones more and more secure.
-
London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.
-
Hanson plays music that is very much a part of everything.
-
The entire educational process must be carried out with love, which is perceptible in every disciplinary measure and which does not instill any fear. And the most effective educational method is not the word of instruction but the living example without which all words remain useless.
-
I wouldn't feel comfortable talking to someone I didn't know very well and, beyond that person, a readership of X millions, about things I think are private.
-
The Tea Party did not run me out. If you know me and my personality, I would welcome the challenge.
-
I'm very excited about taking over the reins on Vampirella. I've really been enjoying myself so far.
-
Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.
-
Disney is very much a child's theater - it's a very specific kind of acting. It's loud and boisterous with the goal to draw the attention of children and keep the attention of children, and it can kind of be cheesy and loud, and I had to unpack a lot of that, because as an actor, you kind of internalize, and you basically become a character.
-
I kind of have my little OCD wood shed at my house where everything is just right when I go write.
-
There is only one thing we do know and that is that we do not know anything.
-
The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip service paid to moderation was meaningless. Starvation and poisoning were not excesses, but measures taken to stay within the norm.
-
Thomas A. Edison was once reluctantly persuaded by his wife to attend one of the big social functions of the season in New York. At last the inventor managed to escape the crowd of people vying for his attention, and sat alone unnoticed in a corner. Edison kept looking at his watch with a resigned expression on his face. A friend edged near to him unnoticed and heard the inventor mutter to himself with a sigh, "If there were only a dog here!"
