Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
Birds sing in vain to the ear, flowers bloom in vain to the eye, of mortified vanity and galled ambition. He who would know repose in retirement must carry into retirement his destiny, integral and serene, as the Caesars transported the statue of Fortune into the chamber they chose for their sleep.
Quotes to Explore
-
Management innovation is going to be the most enduring source of competitive advantage. There will be lots of rewards for firms in the vanguard.
-
I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.
-
We never left a set until we'd trashed it.
-
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
-
One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist.
-
We remained in Texas leading a quiet home life until 1889.
-
What we're showing may not be your reality, but it's ours.
-
I have no personal ambitions. I consider it a great privilege to have been given an opportunity to serve, through the Congress party, the people of India. I think that itself is a great reward. I have no personal ambitions in that regard.
-
And he said that he didn't want to have a war or anything like that again.
-
My father was a Methodist and my mother was a Baptist.
-
I like smudgy black eyes and pale lips for evening. Red lipstick looks great on other girls, but it's too much on me.
-
I'm a voracious reader. I also have a ton of favorite TV shows I'm addicted to.
-
'Twin Peaks' has got interesting characters. They are all different from anything anyone has ever seen before. You've had bad people before. But everyone's got little quirks, and everyone's interesting.
-
I like to believe that if you pay close attention to the sentences as they unfold, they will draw you in rather than pushing you away.
-
I think there's too much saturated color in comics, thanks to digital color techniques.
-
A. R. Rahman is truly India's Mozart. His music is celebrated worldwide.
-
I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me.
-
'True Romance' was definitely, in part, still me finding my voice as a writer. I was nervous, and I was a lot more shy. The album sounds bruised.
-
It's a great honour to be recognised and appreciated by your fellow colleagues.
-
My wife is a very strong woman.
-
All over the world, the idea of creating an melange of international musics, it's a very healthy thing.
-
The Venturer is one who keeps his eye on the hedgerows and wayside groves and meadows while he travels the road to Fortune.
-
To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary to open a book that tells of her past.
-
Birds sing in vain to the ear, flowers bloom in vain to the eye, of mortified vanity and galled ambition. He who would know repose in retirement must carry into retirement his destiny, integral and serene, as the Caesars transported the statue of Fortune into the chamber they chose for their sleep.
