Ellen Raskin Quotes
Life, too, is senseless unless you know who you are, what you want, and which way the wind blows.
Quotes to Explore
-
It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.
-
My grandfather arrived in Houston in 1942 as a refugee from Nazi Germany. He had lost everything - his profession, his language, his money - but the city welcomed him, as it has hundreds of thousands of immigrants over the years.
-
People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.
-
I don't want to build any image for myself. I don't want people to say, 'He does only a certain type of role.' I don't want only to be the hero of the story. An actor's weakness is the different roles that he can't do. But I am keen to grab only those roles as I am here to challenge myself.
-
I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.
-
I always wanted pink hair.
-
Children in their young teens are just moving into the moment when they are most receptive to philosophy and psychology. You can explore these things in stories and, in doing so, give them power and control.
-
I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
-
We have an obligation to spread amateur baseball both at home and abroad. Building up the game at all levels - Little League, Babe Ruth Leagues, the colleges - is in our own self-interest. That's where the pool of talent is - and also of fans.
-
Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more.
-
I don't ever remember not praying. Bedtime prayers, the rosary, praying for friends, relatives, for the sick and for those who had died. It was a natural part of our lives.
-
I'm enslaved to writing to the point where I sacrifice almost everything else.
-
Uncertainty doesn't make life worth living, quite, but it does make striving and gambling worth attempting.
-
There are, of course, deeply sincere people of religion in different parts of the world who genuinely fight on the side of the poor, but they are usually in conflict with organised religion themselves.
-
It was a big-time change, coming off the bench.
-
I enjoy watching Fear Factor, Newlyweds and American Idol as far as reality TV shows go.
-
If I'm staying in a hotel or I'm sleeping on my own I have the hairdryer on.
-
It's kinda nice to be remembered by your peers and your fans, because you can achieve a lot of success and be a creep too! But we try to be nice, just normal people.
-
I'd hope that the story A Dog's Purpose helps everyone reflect on how many different "lives" we all live - from children to teenager to adults to seniors - and how each phase of life presents new situations along the way to discovering our ultimate purpose.
-
I didn't want the public in my personal life at all - I thought that people might perceive me as too normal, and I'd lose that larger-than-life rock star persona. You've got to protect that!
-
Breast cancer is not just a disease that strikes at women. It strikes at the very heart of who we are as women: how others perceive us, how we perceive ourselves, how we live, work and raise our families-or whether we do these things at all.
-
Life, too, is senseless unless you know who you are, what you want, and which way the wind blows.
