Brian Boyd Quotes

I would be very surprised if on another planet we discovered a species as intelligent as humans that didn't have narrative, or didn't have art in general.

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• I think in this, definitely, because you are feeling how it felt to live in a completely different time. The mannerisms and the way that people behaved was quite different.

  

  Radha Mitchell
  • People
  • Time
  • Different

• The film kept me from working as a secretary. It was a real stroke of luck. A miracle.

  

  Victoria Abril
  • Working
  • Luck
  • Miracle

• I come from really humble people. We never had a lot.

  

  La'Porsha Renae
  • People
  • Never
  • Humble

• I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.

  

  Famke Janssen
  • World
  • Movie
  • Think

• All I can do is put out the good stuff, and people will make the decision on whether they like it. My fans are very intelligent people. They're not stupid. They know what's good.

  

  Action Bronson
  • People
  • Good
  • Decision

• Christians are being systematically exterminated.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Being
  • Christians

• Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • Hate
  • Frustration
  • Policies

• Fiction will always be my greatest love, with poetry close behind.

  

  J. Courtney Sullivan
  • Poetry
  • Will
  • Greatest

• Another Visitor: How did you manage, Monsieur Degas, when you painted that plein air called 'Le Plage', the one Monsieur Rouart has? Degas: It was quite simple. I spread my flannel vest on the floor of the studio, and had the model sit on it. You see, the air you breathe in a picture is not necessarily the same as the air out of doors.

  

  Edgar Degas
  • Simple
  • Air
  • Picture

• 'I’ll survive,' Floyd said. 'I’m a private detective. If I don’t get clouted on the head at least once a week, I’m not doing my job properly.'

  

  Alastair Reynolds
  • Job

• The taming and domestication of religion is one of the unceasing chores of civilization.

  

  Christopher Hitchens

• I don't do nothing to disrespect the fans.

  

  Anthony Santos Aventura
  • Disrespect

• One indicator of Ernest Lawrence's influence is the fact that I am the eighth member of his laboratory staff to receive the highest award that can come to a scientist - the Nobel Prize.

  

  Luis Walter Alvarez

• Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.

  

  Patti Smith
  • Desire

• The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people who are taxed for it.

  

  Chester A. Arthur
  • People
  • Money
  • Value

• What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.

  

  Bob Iger
  • Time
  • Important
  • Leadership

• I've been incredibly blessed with good roles the past few years, but none of them compares to the experience of playing Ellsworth on 'Deadwood.' There are times when I've had as much fun or had comparably great material, but as a body of work, playing Ellsworth tops anything else in my lifetime.

  

  Jim Beaver
  • Good
  • Work
  • Great

• The September 11th tragedy forced us all to look at the world in a different way, and it reminds us all of the importance of living every moment.

  

  Joanne Woodward
  • World
  • Different
  • September

• I've worked for 27 years nonstop in theater and films. That's a lot of work.

  

  Armand Assante
  • Work

• When my son, James, was doing homework for school, he would have five or six windows open on his computer, Instant Messenger was flashing continuously, his cell phone was constantly ringing, and he was downloading music and watching the TV over his shoulder. I don’t know if he was doing any homework, but he was running an empire as far as I could see, so I didn’t really care.

  

  Ken Robinson
  • Music
  • School
  • Running

• "The [London] Times" has published no rumours; it's only reported facts, namely that other, less responsible papers are publishing certain rumours.

  

  Tom Stoppard
  • Art
  • History
  • Philosophy

• I did a comparison of a school of architects known as the New York Five. I compared their articulation of wall surfaces, which I enjoyed very much.

  

  Parker Stevenson
  • School
  • Wall
  • New

• I think that things happen for a reason.

  

  Dave Davies The Kinks

• I would be very surprised if on another planet we discovered a species as intelligent as humans that didn't have narrative, or didn't have art in general.

  

  Brian Boyd
  • Humans
  • Intelligent
  • Planet