Aehs Conference Quotes

#1. The privileges of knowledge have to be bought at the cost of the consolations of ignorance.

John Fowles

#2. So perverse is mankind that every nationality prefers to be misgoverned by its own people than to be well ruled by another

Charles James

#3. Truth has to be given in riddles. People can't take truth if it comes charging at them like a bull. The bull is always killed. You have to give people the truth in a riddle, hide it so they go looking for it and find it piece by piece; that way they learn to live with it.

Chaim Potok

#4. Life is like a B-movie. You don't want to leave in the middle of it but you don't want to see it again.

Ted Turner

#5. Don't steal - the government hates competition!

Ron Paul

#6. My intention was always to direct and writing things just became convenient and happened.

Jeff Baena

#7. When it hurts, don't be afraid to say ouch!

Mary Buchan

#8. Achieving excellence is being passionate about what you're doing and working so hard that they have to hire two people to replace you.

Charlie Trotter

#9. The place you have to start to be any good at this, at acting, is with yourself. Everything is inside of you, all of it - the murderer, the great mother, the therapist, the husband. Everything is inside of us.

Jane Lynch

#10. Instead of idleness, vanity, or an intellect formed by the spoon-feeding of others, my girls have acquired energy, industry, and independence.

Geraldine Brooks

#11. The Nike Fuel Band is interesting - it measures your movements and how far you've walked and how hard you've worked that day. I prefer using when I travel. It's a fun way to see how far I've walked - how many steps I've taken when I'm walking around different cities.

Andrew Luck

#12. You must take the good that people do and put the bright light on that good, but human beings can never withstand such light without showing their shadows and warts. All mortals have their shortcomings and weaknesses.

Maya Angelou

#13. One day as Frieda the Fox was walking home from lunch with some friends,
she heard a noise and stopped to see if she heard the noise again.
She heard a loud banging sound, a growl, and then a thump.
She crept closer and saw a blue dumpster and a big brown furry rump!

Kimberly Baltz

#14. Ideas are to literature what light is to painting.

Paul Bourget