Iowa Movie Quotes

#1. I would do it myself, but my intelligence is out of repair ...

Mark Twain

#2. I wasn't a kid who moved out from Iowa with aspirations of becoming a famous star - I was intrigued by the idea of filmmaking and by the idea of what it would be like to play a character in a movie.

Jason Lee

#3. Greatness finds us by obstacles in front of us. I don't look at hurdles as obstacles blocking my path but opportunities to overcome.

Lolo Jones

#4. Of all the ships that have been devoted to biological explorations of the sea, none has surpassed the endeavors conducted on board the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross, during her 39 years of service from 1882 to 1921.

Paul Bartsch

#5. This is the secret to mastering any discipline: as you conquer one, you'll find it easier to tackle another.

Jeff Goins

#6. I do not like candy. I do not like knocking on strangers' doors. I do not like having to deal with the candy disaster that is Halloween. I resent it.

Rachel Zucker

#7. I smile because I listen to the OTHER and I believe the OTHER. I am a marionette pulled by the unskilled fingers, pulled apart, inharmoniously dislocated, one arm dead, the other rhapsodising in mid-air. I laugh, not when it fits into my talk, but when it fits into the undercurrents of my talk.

Anais Nin

#8. For some offenses, there is only retribution." Nora Hawks, "One Woman's Vengeance.

Dennis R. Miller

#9. I want him to live," he says.
I watch,
helpless,
as the pain slips out.
Tears fall
when he whispers,
"But damn it, I want to live, too.

Lisa Schroeder