Elem Quotes

#1. There was a Russian director named Elem Klimov, who did his films during the communist days. They were constantly struggling with the authorities and to be allowed to express themselves. But he did one of the best war movies I've ever seen - it's called 'Come and See.'

Stellan Skarsgard

#2. There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere.

Jane Austen

#3. Having kids means there's always someone around to blame your fart on.

Dana Gould

#4. I'm a big woman. I need big hair.

Aretha Franklin

#5. As castles went, this one looked as though it could be taken by a small squad of not very efficient soldiers. For defence, putting a blanket over your head might be marginally safer.

Terry Pratchett

#6. I learned from my father to translate: everything I read I try to figure out what it really means, what it's really saying.

Richard Feynman

#7. No one wants to suffer. But that is the fate of each. And some suffer more. Not necessarily of their own volition. It's not about to enduring the suffering. It's about how you endure it.

Andrzej Sapkowski

#8. Mind: A beautiful servant, a dangerous master.

Osho

#9. I was friends with Susan Sontag the last four years of her life. She had this amazing charisma and so much energy, but she had a sad little funeral in Montparnasse in Paris. It was rainy. It was all wrong. And I was thinking, 'God, she loved life so much.'

Marina Abramovic

#10. It's so cliche to say florals for spring. I really like a vintage-like dress that's floral. You can belt it; I like belts. I like wearing pretty dresses that are really comfortable, that you can spend the day in but also feel girly.

Brittany Snow

#11. I would rather get offended than defending myself, though if it isn't my mistake. Just to see that beautiful smile on your face.

Naveed Baji

#12. I've seen enough successful writers who no longer seem to care when they are recognized with an award, and I think that's just tragic.

Louise Penny

#13. What do you mean, something important? It's the middle of the night!
-Sandstorm

Erin Hunter

#14. I'm a terrible husband.

Carroll Shelby

#15. Contagion has become very much a phenomenon, and it's a phenomenon of globalization.

Lawrence Summers

#16. The Moon stabilizes Earth's obliquity. Well, almost. The tilt actually varies between 22 and 24.5 degrees - and the variation is enough to induce such environmental inconveniences as the occasional ice age. Without the Moon, it might be much worse.

Seth Shostak