Patrick Ness Quotes
Ideals, my girl,” she says. “Always easier to believe in than live.” “But if you don't at least try to live them,” Bradley says, “then there's no point in living at all.
Quotes to Explore
-
The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.
-
I have two older brothers. I am the baby. We're all very, very close. We're great communicators, so we get along really well.
-
If you can shrug off a loss, you can't be a winner.
-
As a mom, I don't have much time for beauty.
-
I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.
-
Another occupation might have been better.
-
In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
-
I have a very broad demographic, from the 8-year-old who knows every word to 'Ice Ice Baby' and the college kid who grew up on 'Ninja Rap' to the soccer mom and grandparent.
-
I think it's like, you know, you can't get ahead of yourself, because no amount of success or exposure or opportunity is going to really matter or be ultimately fulfilling unless you can be totally present in what you're doing right now.
-
Kids get a lot of lip service in disaster planning, but they tend to get far fewer resources than they need. The mantra of 'children are our most valuable resource' is almost never matched by actual funding.
-
Forget the technique. Hit the guy across from you. Don't let somebody come in your space.
-
I enjoyed being in 'The Ten Commandments.' That was a great experience - to suddenly become one of those holy people. I was holier than thou.
-
My mum was a dancer. She would tour the world with a group, and she had me in a dance class when I was still in a nappy. They told her to come back when I could walk.
-
With 'Smoke Signals,' the character was so much like me growing up. I lost my parents, and I wish I'd had an opportunity to find out where they were. So I was reflecting on how I grew up, that feeling of abandonment. That whole film was a reality that I always held back and kept to myself.
-
I think growing up in New York, you see so much at such a young age, there's no bubble to escape into.
-
When companies minimize their costs, they can spend more on R & D and marketing. It's just very logical.
-
I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
-
Advertising is the life of trade.
-
Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.
-
He didn't believe in a God who sifted through prayers, answering some and ignoring others, no matter how unworthy or worthy a person might be. Instead, he preferred to believe in a God who bestowed all people with gifts and abilities and placed them in an imperfect world; only then was faith tested, only then could faith be earned.
-
There's no writer's block; there's only distraction.
-
The first sales meeting I made was for the television movie 'Farrell for the People.' I walked into a conference room at NBC that I had built. It was my memorial conference room. There were 10 people at the meeting, and by habit, I sat at the head of the table.
-
The true purpose of education is to prepare young men and women for effective citizenship in a free form of government.
-
Ideals, my girl,” she says. “Always easier to believe in than live.” “But if you don't at least try to live them,” Bradley says, “then there's no point in living at all.
