David Edelstein Quotes

The movie is a metaphor for the power of delusional hype--a metaphor for itself.

David Edelstein

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• If this be treason, make the most of it!

  

  Patrick Henry
  • Make
  • Most
  • Treason

• I really wanted to be a cartoonist, and I was in 4th or 5th grade and I would bring my drawings in, and I'd look around, and everyone could draw better than me. Everyone. My drawings were just awful. So that's why I had to write.

  

  R. L. Stine
  • Me
  • Better
  • Write

• A lot of girls think they have to choose between being the smart geeky type or the beautiful bimbo.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Think
  • Beautiful
  • Smart

• It is a life of FAITH, not of intellect and reason, but a life of knowing Who makes us “go.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • Life
  • Faith
  • Reason

• How can you know God if you don't know your big toe?

  

  Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
  • God

• Furthermore, a pattern was beginning to emerge: nutrients from animal-based foods increased tumor development while nutrients from plant-based foods decreased tumor development.

  

  T. Colin Campbell
  • Beginning
  • Animal
  • Plant

• I hate cosmetics companies. They get you addicted to the perfect lipstick or nail polish and then, six months later, they discontinue it. You have to buy your favorite colors like you're storing up for the Apocalypse.

  

  Lisa Kudrow
  • Up
  • Hate
  • Perfect

• Express your admiration for the traits, possessions or accomplishments of your customer. Little things mean a lot.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Mean
  • Accomplishment
  • Admiration

• Today, men and women in uniform ... work so hard on our behalf to protect our freedom (and) our liberty. As they give their best for us, we want to be there for them, ... The good news for returning veterans is that the demand for skilled talent is very strong.

  

  Elaine Chao
  • Good
  • Work
  • Men

• What are wits for unless a man uses them?

  

  Ellis Peters
  • Men
  • Use
  • Wit

• I adopted a pet because I have been wanting one for the longest time. In fact, I am really close to Ravi Dubey's dog Moyo.

  

  Rithvik Dhanjani
  • Time
  • Dog
  • Because

• But the voice goes on, calling us, beckoning us, luring us to think that there might be such a thing as justice, as the world being put to rights, even though we find it so elusive. We're like moths trying to fly to the moon. We all know there's something called justice, but we can't quite get to it.

  

  N. T. Wright
  • World
  • Trying
  • Justice

• I mean, people who watch Jon Stewart's show every night don't think he went far enough, because he couldn't do what he does on his show every night, because it's a different job. The same thing with Chris Rock. He can't come out and do a tossed-salad routine, the way he does on his HBO shows, because this is the Academy Awards.

  

  Bruce Vilanch
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Night

• Lotus-land as it appears in 'Free Will' is simply a metaphor for an idealized background, a 'land of milk and honey.' It is sometimes also used as a pejorative name for Los Angeles, though that was not in my mind when I wrote it.

  

  Neil Peart Rush
  • Metaphor
  • Los Angeles
  • Honey

• I like the model of people getting together to make something when they want to do it and not being dictated to by a cycle.

  

  Babatunde Adebimpe
  • People
  • Together
  • Want

• Mothering, she learned the hard way, was about loss as well as love.

  

  Attica Locke
  • Love
  • For Her
  • Loss

• Taking care of yourself is a nice thing to do. And it's not seen as just a girl thing anymore. You see a lot more guys at the gym taking care of themselves, and I think it's going to continue to grow.

  

  Nick Youngquest
  • Thinking
  • Yourself
  • Gym

• The movie is a metaphor for the power of delusional hype--a metaphor for itself.

  

  David Edelstein
  • Metaphor
  • Hype
  • Delusional