Major Fawlty Towers Quotes

#1. The Iraqis have a country that inherited cultures thousands of years old while the Americans have a culture only two hundred years old. Two hundred years will teach thousands of years!? Oh Americans, leave Iraq for its people.

Yusuf Al-Qaradawi

#2. Myth is the facts of the mind made manifest in a fiction of matter.

Maya Deren

#3. Praise the Lord, because He heard my prayer for help. The Lord is my strength and shield. I trust Him, and He helps me.

Ruth Reid

#4. Here are the three great questions which in life we have over and over again to answer: Is it right or wrong? Is it true or false? Is it beautiful or ugly? Our education ought to help us to answer these questions.

John Lubbock

#5. I have three younger siblings, and used to tell them an awful lot of lies when they were growing up. The best thing about being a writer is that now I can say that my lies were all in the name of literary creativity. Unfortunately, my brothers and sister don't believe me.

Marie Rutkoski

#6. Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention.

Fridtjof Nansen

#7. The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.

Ben Stiller

#8. American audiences love period pieces. America doesn't have a lot of old things. It's a new country so I think we're a little bit fascinated by that.

Channing Tatum

#9. We all want to begin with ability, with what we can do. But when have you ever been a good judge of what you're capable of? People are always doing things that amaze themselves.

Jeff Goins

#10. You can make it to AAA ball on talent only. It's difficult but it can be done. But to make it to the big leagues, you HAVE to be coachable. You have to stay coachable.

Dale Murphy

#11. Greece's position in Europe will not be put in doubt.

Antonis Samaras

#12. You almost got plowed by a cab. And if you want to get plowed, I will gladly volunteer my services. I promise you I'll be a lot - "
"Don't even finish that sentence."
"It was just an offer.

Jennifer L. Armentrout

#13. I never thought of achievement. I just did what came along for me to do - the thing that gave me the most pleasure.

Eleanor Roosevelt

#14. You can start something, do it, and believe that that's what you're doing, but then the inspiration comes and it's like, "Nope, this is what it is."

Lenny Kravitz