Elizabeth Lesser Quotes
Our errors and failings are chinks in the heart's armor through which our true colors can shine.
Quotes to Explore
-
Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
-
I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.
-
Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left.
-
Harry Potter to me is a bore. His talent arrives as a gift; he's chosen. Who can identify with that? But Hermione - she's working harder than anyone, she's half outsider, right? Half Muggle. She shouldn't be there at all. It's so unfair that Harry's the star of the books, given how hard she worked to get her powers.
-
If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of life. Instead, they should tell Americans that they believe in the dignity and value of every human being, from the defenseless unborn child, to the newborn with a disability, to the 90-year-old dealing with dementia.
-
Truth be told, ginormous portions have become a pet peeve of mine.
-
I've got lots of friends who are musicians, so if they ask me to do things, I'll go and do it for a laugh. I don't want to be a pop star or anything like that.
-
The world has so much suffering in it already-choosing to be vegetarian is one thing you can do to reduce the suffering on a daily basis.
-
I love making movies, but there's nothing like performing live.
-
There are many Republicans who hardly even know a Democrat. And there are just as many, if not more, Democrats who don't know a Republican.
-
The uniqueness of the United States in human history is the United States is the first global power in human history which emerged far away from Africa or Asia, which is the main land of human history.
-
Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible.
-
That's the beautiful thing about baseball. You can be any size and be successful.
-
My favorite six words in recovery are: trust God, clean house, and help others.
-
Jazz is pretty much the freest thing you can be a part of. It's the closest thing I can get to flying. It's fun, interactive. In its own way, it's a sport.
-
So I had the worst experience at the very beginning, and things have been getting better since.
-
We talked to the referees before the game; there's always new situations to adjust, for the refs and for us as well. Even on the ice, it's good for players to talk and interact with the referee.
-
Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?
-
Even the best-natured people, if uninstructed, are always blind and uncertain. We must take pains to instruct ourselves so that ignorance makes us neither too timid nor too bold.
-
I respond very well to rules. If there are certain parameters it's much easier to do something really good. Especially when readers know what those are. They know what to expect and then you have to wrong-foot them. That is the trick of crime fiction. And readers come to crime and graphic novels wanting to be entertained, or disgusted.
-
As theater artists, it's a great luxury to have time.
-
God is letting me shine, because I've got a good heart.
-
The business of art is no longer the communication of thoughts or feelings which are to be conceptually ordered, but a direct participation in an experience. The whole tendency of modern communication...is towards participation in a process, rather than apprehension of concepts.
-
Our errors and failings are chinks in the heart's armor through which our true colors can shine.
