House Of The Scorpion Quotes

#1. She would drink until the trembling stopped. Then she would wilt over the piano like one of Celia's spinaches when Tam Lin forgot to water the garden.

Nancy Farmer

#2. My life has become about trying to find effective ways to be as responsible with the choices I make - in food, clothing and everything else. I don't want to be responsible for the harm of any creature, person or animal.

Alicia Silverstone

#3. Societies are composed of individuals and are good only insofar as they help individuals to realize their potentialities and to lead a happy and creative life.

Aldous Huxley

#4. It's very hard for me to get a new car. It's really hard for me to get a new house. It's really hard for me to move on from the things that give me stability.

Jodie Foster

#5. All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.

Viet Thanh Nguyen

#6. If you pardon the hypocrisy, it seems a bit disingenuous when the only quotes a person puts on their home page are ones they wrote. If your own words are the most profound thing you can think of, then I think you need to read a good deal more.

Me

#7. It could be my downfall, but I don't think it is - Hollywood is run on perception, and if you stray off the path of what you want to do with your career, it's suicide.

Charlie Hunnam

#8. Everyone makes sacrifices for their job; the movie's not saying that you don't have to work hard. The movie is saying that if you're going to work hard, then make it worth it, believe in what you're doing.

Anne Hathaway

#9. If I can score goals, then why not, I think the fans will love to see that. I have a big career looking ahead and I want to impress.

Royston Drenthe

#10. It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you.

Edward Norton

#11. Omg. My long time teammate on the Nadadores and team USA, Fran Crippen, passed away today while racing in Dubai.

Chloe Sutton

#12. Life is short. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly.

Robert Doisneau

#13. I'll buy an old jacket and attach gold buttons and a couple royal patches. Or I'll find an old busted sweatshirt, tear out the zipper, and replace it with a $700 zipper. I make things my own.

Theophilus London

#14. When my next door neighbor says, "Nope, never seen a scorpion in my house!" is when things start feeling all Amityville Horror around here.

Jennifer Fulwiler

#15. Show me that you are redeemed, and I will believe in your Redeemer.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#16. To read too many books is harmful.

Mao Zedong