15202 Quotes

#1. No matter what God's power may be, the first aspect of God is never that of the absolute Master, the Almighty. It is that of the God who puts himself on our human level and limits himself.

Jacques Ellul

#2. There was a woman in Elizabeth I's court that happened to have the same family name as me.

Natalie Dormer

#3. The greatest treasure chest is the heart that contains love.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#4. Feminism is the best thing to come out of the '60's.

Marianne Faithfull

#5. Some people are instantly brilliant. The Kenneth Branaghs of this world are ready-formed actors at 23 - he has used his success in lots of different ways - but there are people out there for whom acting is: 'Ooh, I can get on the telly and be famous.'

Harriet Walter

#6. If people know we expect good things from them, they will in most cases go to great lengths to live up to our expectations.

Alan Loy McGinnis

#7. It doesn't matter how old I get, but as long as I continue to live I'll always discover something new about myself.

Haruki Murakami

#8. Course, mountains serve as homes to mountain goats and mountain lions, who enjoy attacking helpless picnickers and eating sandwiches or children. So

Lemony Snicket

#9. I have dated all races, and I believe you should be free to do whatever you want.

Sanaa Lathan

#10. Kids don't know about best sellers. They go for what they enjoy. They aren't star chasers and they don't suck up. It's why I like them.

Maurice Sendak

#11. Maybe I'd be in a different place in my career if I'd had that 10-year plan, a lot of people went at it with this voracity that I never had. My only voracity was to have fun and to be in the mix.

Sandra Bernhard

#12. Even if you say you "don't play games," that is a type of game - it is the "I don't play games" game.

Aziz Ansari

#13. I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind.

Richard Greenberg

#14. My first goal was to work up enough nerve to ask some of the most ridiculous questions I'd ever asked in my life. Here's how I pictured that conversation going:
Me: Do you know Gavin MacKenzie?
Country person: Who's askin'?
Me: His wife.
Country person: - vacant look - crickets -

Elle Casey