Quotes of the day, January 19
Men are admitted into heaven not because they have curbed or governed their passions, but because they have cultivate their understandings.
William Blake
May 30
I love making movies, and being in any that I can be in. I'd like to be in those giant movies, as the fifth or sixth lead, and have three or four killer scenes. You don't have the responsibility of the entire movie being on you. I like those roles. I'm shooting for the middle.
Bill Burr
May 29
Being involved with show business gave me a lot of experience in dealing with stress, which, in a way, prepared me for my career as a medic.
Bobby Sherman
May 28
In many ways, large profits are even more insidious than large losses in terms of emotional destabilization. I think it's important not to be emotionally attached to large profits. I've certainly made some of my worst trades after long periods of winning. When you're on a big winning streak, there's a temptation to think that you're doing something special, which will allow you to continue to propel yourself upward. You start to think that you can afford to make shoddy decisions. You can imagine what happens next. As a general rule, losses make you strong and profits make you weak.
William Eckhardt
May 27
Whenever we encounter a human being in such a way that we feel absolutely certain of the infinity of that person's worth and the eternity of his or her life, that is Easter.
Eugen Drewermann
May 26
Part of my gestalt is that I still feel a little bit like a wallflower. Even in my own life. I talk about myself behind my back.
Carrie Fisher
