Quotes By Famous Authors: [J]
I wish to be forgotten in silence and solitude.
Greatness Can Only Be Achieved With The Realization That Being Good Is Only Good Enough For Those Who Will Never Aspire To Be Great
Art class was like a religious ceremony to me. I would wash my hands carefully before touching paper or pencils. The instruments of work were ...
I could have been a doctor, but there were too many good shows on TV.
Think BIG right now- you can always make it smaller later!
Angry, judgmental, and critical people don't make good evangelists.
I don't think he ever gave a thought to other people's opinions, which was just as well because they were often unkind
Two contrasting attitudes: non-math person: "Math is so abstract." i.e. "hard to understand" math person: We abstract *in order to understand.* Part of our job ...
This kind of art school is for me the least important. A spiritual structure is needed. If a person is an artist he can use ...
A chainsaw's God's way of evening out the playing field between you and everything, even the invisible stuff.
Save me from the things that I love.
The thing I was attracted to as a little girl was Kirk, Bones and Spock, and their utter loyalty. There's nothing more powerful than that.
Gabriel is a unique archangel in the sense that it is almost certain that she is the only female in the higher echelons.
Sleep is not a luxury; it is a necessity.
For every criminal mastermind, there were ten cretins: the cruel algebra of intelligence applied across the masses.
The sea stood up before him, foaming, torn by lightning bolts, opening terrifying mouths that gobbled up the dense, hard black rains unleashed by the ...
Everyone seemed to think that violence was an acceptable risk and a foregone conclusion for prostitutes, call girls and streetwalkers alike. There was almost an ...
I've come up with another formulation about style: that it's essentially a manifestation of a certain habitual set of limitations. It's what a composer does ...
I will say, I'm a great, great, great grandson of Stephen F. Austin. He founded Austin, Texas, which is kind of cool.
Goethe said, "A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart." The same holds true for demons. If you look for evil, ...
Is this the only goal of our life? Joy is not the goal; it is the square one of your life.
We're getting to the point where it's important for each platform to have unique, differentiated titles so that if consumers want to buy that game, ...
Intention is critical. It gets everything in motion.
Only if we grant power to something can it have power over us. It becomes a serving and sustaining potency when we again are able ...
We are surrounded by evil forces in our daily lives. We must be wise enough to recognize them. Strong enough to resist them and resolute ...
None of this would have been possible without the imagination of the legendary Walt Disney.
Your past doesn't dictate what your future will be.
One of the reasons writers are never satisfied with their work is because they're always striving to do better.
Raft of the Medusa.
I don't believe it is in the state's interest to industrialize our ridge lines.
Nations need to constantly reaffirm their historical roots to maintain their political ideals. Motion pictures were one of the media used by nations to accommplish ...
Well to me the most interesting things can be an actor's facial expression, a gesture, the movement of a body - all those things that ...
Judy Garland was just so delicious in every way and just so honest and generous.
There are moments that I know I will long for even as I live them.
Wanting something to be the truth does not make it true and believing that something is reality does not make it real.
Hey!" he shouted. "This is my fucking Lake of Death. I have complete and utter exclusive rights to sailing this lake. Get the fuck off ...
The advice that I usually give to young actors is that if you can create a character for the stage and keep that character fresh ...
All mystics have had psychotic breakdowns, although not all psychotics are mystics.
I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of ...
Everything that's cool that happens, I look at my wife and I say, 'We need to enjoy this moment right here! This is really special!'
We need a new global culture that finds the existence of millions of thirsty people thoroughly and immediately unacceptable.
The resume focuses on you and the past. The cover letter focuses on the employer and the future. Tell the hiring professional what you can ...
Glass really rewards risk. A lot of times with glass, you're just waiting for the piece to cool down or for some temperature to adjust, ...
Even better. We're going to be murdered in our beds by infidels.
I think I have done well, though I am abandoned, with the curse of Cain upon me.
Heartbroken men are like wild animals, running around with hysteria in their eyes, desperately trying to knock the dents out of their egos.
Because I actually find the next take after they've controlled it a little bit and repressed the laughter is actually a really interesting take, because ...
God is a woman, I thought. No doubt about it.
Being a mum changed me for the better.
At the moment I'm just swallowing it all as part of the humiliation but I think - and this is aimed at my dear manager ...