A. S. Byatt Quotes
In our world of sleek flesh and collagen, Botox and liposuction, what we most fear is the dissolution of the body-mind, the death of the brain.
Quotes to Explore
-
I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it. Life is about moving on.
-
I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
-
If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
-
A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
-
People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
-
I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail.
-
I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.
-
Village cricket spread fast through the land.
-
I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
-
People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.
-
We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.
-
It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
-
Our economics are not baseball's economics. Our game is not baseball's game. Our owners are not baseball's owners, with one or two exceptions. Our union is not baseball's union. What we do has to be crafted and suited to address hockey, to address the NHL, to address our 30 teams and our 700-plus players.
-
All the audience cares about is what you put up on the screen.
-
I know what it's like to have an inflated libido.
-
I love to get a massage but I'm quite a baby with it. I don't like them too hard or anyone walking on me or anything. When it's good, it's the best thing ever. When it's bad, it's an hour of absolute agony.
-
An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.
-
I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great - and is great - there are also shoddy moments when you feel really rotten, and when it's going well, you're not allowed to complain.
-
I relate to the feeling that Da Vinci was often plagued by the idea that what he did wasn't good enough, that he was his harshest critic. He'd sometimes destroy what he was working on.
-
To face deflation, you have to have people accepting it and not reacting to it.
-
Those who follow orders to commit such crimes will be found and they will be punished. War crimes will be prosecuted. And it will be no excuse to say, 'I was just following orders.' Any official involved in such crimes will forfeit hope of amnesty or leniency with respect to past action.
-
The more established you are, the less likely you are to do something ridiculous, which is one reason I'm proud to put out a wrestling album. If you stop and you go, 'Well, what if people don't like it?,' if you're already established in what you do, that'll strike fear into your heart.
-
Can the brain understand the brain? Can it understand the mind? Is it a giant computer, or some other kind of giant machine, or something more?
-
In our world of sleek flesh and collagen, Botox and liposuction, what we most fear is the dissolution of the body-mind, the death of the brain.
