Alan Schaaf Quotes
The Imgur community, as a whole, is generally a lot more positive and a lot more funny than other communities.
Quotes to Explore
-
As far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.
-
I have an inner satisfaction of having done what I thought was right at the time which I thought was propitious.
-
My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
-
You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.
-
I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
-
Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
-
I don't want my writing to be work to read. My main goal is completely shameless entertainment. I want people to smile and giggle and enjoy the book. I'm not trying to save the world through literature.
-
I've never wanted to live in a ghetto or write in a ghetto. I want to write about a world that reflects the one most people live in. Gay people are just one aspect of that.
-
Just now, Christianity is in the ascendant. Buddhism and Taoism are decadent; their influence cannot long hold its own. Buddhism has long since passed its meridian; Taoism has only demons, not gods.
-
Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
-
I was born in India - but never really lived there.
-
You can be in the shape of your life, and then injury strikes. So you have to grab your opportunities.
-
It's what Shakespeare's mission was - to illuminate our thoughts and struggles and bring about the possibility of getting the most we can out of a day as opposed to least in this brief moment we're here.
-
The idea that motherhood is inherently somehow a threat to creativity is just absurd.
-
I did a movie called 'Quicksand No Escape' with Donald Sutherland and Tim Matheson. I think I was maybe 5. I was really little. Yeah, it was fun. And actually, Felicity Huffman played my mom.
-
Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
-
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
-
All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what's inside of all of us. If we X-rayed the insides of different human beings, we wouldn't be able to tell from those X-rays what the person's language or background or race is.
-
I think it's the most extraordinary studio around. I would love to do my next project with Pixar.
-
And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes instead of simple power.
-
A great deal of creativity is about pattern recognition, and what you need to discern patterns is tons of data. Your mind collects that data by taking note of random details and anomalies easily seen every day: quirks and changes that, eventually, add up to insights.
-
Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something.
-
The Imgur community, as a whole, is generally a lot more positive and a lot more funny than other communities.
