Alan Napier Quotes

#1. There can be no ultimate statements science: there can be no statements in science which can not be tested, and therefore none which cannot in principle be refuted, by falsifying some of the conclusions which can be deduced from them.

Karl Popper

#2. I'm fascinated about how past events shape our perception of current events and how they make us the people we are.

Maggie Stiefvater

#3. I want to be happy. I used to want Mr. Darcy, laugh at me if you want, or the idea of him. Someone who made me feel all the time like I felt when I watched those movies.

Shannon Hale

#4. There are thousands willing to do great things for one willing to do a small thing.

George MacDonald

#5. Ask yourself this question: Of this had been a white child found dead in a black neighborhood, would they be knocking on every door? 'Yes, sir.' Searching high and low? 'Yes, indeed.' It this had been a white child, would they paint him as a sinner and not a saint? 'Lord, no...

Ravi Howard

#6. I wanted to hold onto and exploit the power of narrative. This is not only a book about a great storyteller, but there have to be stories about the storyteller.

Stephen Greenblatt

#7. Our parts matter because we matter.

Elaine S. Dalton

#8. You did smile, Bridgette, and you need to own it, because it was fucking beautiful.

Colleen Hoover

#9. Timing is a sensitive thing.

Erin Morgenstern

#10. No, I have no desire for riches. Honest poverty and a conscience, torpid through virtuous inaction, are more to me than corner lots and praise.

Mark Twain

#11. It would be a shame for me if I were to become 'Mr. Half-Hour Sitcom.'

Martin Freeman

#12. I believe that life is hard. That we all are going to walk through things that are hard and challenging, and yet advertising wants us to believe that it's all easy.

Jamie Lee Curtis

#13. Invariably, it is this for which I write: the joy ... of an argument firmly made, like a nail straightly driven, its head flush to the plank.

George Will