Father Humphrey Quotes

#1. He also had a version of Billy Goat's Gruff where the troll under the bridge ended up the winner.

Stephen King

#2. It was "not so much the [lack of] leisure, but also the nervous tension. One comes back to one's native land and sees that one has been abandoned." - Antheil

Richard Rhodes

#3. She spoke throught her teeth. "Almost, dear. What were the real words you used? The bad words. It's okay to say them again, just this once."
I shrugged, "fine. I said' ... just 'cause Daddy wants you to suck on his ding-a-ling.

Michael Siemsen

#4. These boxes held only ashes of answers, and all their presence meant was more mysteries, and a worry that someday something else might explode.

Bliss Broyard

#5. I had heard it said that Malachi wrote so beautifully the angels came to watch, for words were the first thing God created out of the silence and were still the most beautiful of His creations.

Alice Hoffman

#6. There was nothing scientific about Scientific Management (Taylorism), and neither was it good management.

Paul Gibbons

#7. Knowing that Gene and Morgan were playing those roles made it much easier to put the script together-we knew who we were writing it for. It took some mystery away.

Stephen Hopkins

#8. Somehow, the road rises up to meet you Patch, when you are ready.

Michele Jennae

#9. My father was a film-maker. He always said he wanted to go like Humphrey Jennings, the legendary director who stepped backwards over a cliff while framing a better shot.

A.A. Gill