Minerva Paradizo Quotes

#1. When you f*** a Vampire, you get a free hat.

Daven Anderson

#2. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

John Updike

#3. Communism, being the lay form of Catholicism, and indeed meaning the same thing, has never had any lack of chaplains.

George Bernard Shaw

#4. Maybe it's just a matter of getting older and being aware that the market for medium-budget and low-budget films, which is of course what I spent most of my life making, has diminished. And maybe the quantity of ideas has diminished a little bit.

Roger Corman

#5. There are just so many young designers now.

Jack McCollough

#6. Joe: We can't just walk out on her without saying goodbye. Jerry: What? Since when? You usually walk out and leave 'em with nothing but a kick in the teeth. Joe: That's when I was a saxophone player. Now I'm a millionaire.

Tony Curtis

#7. I'm obviously not a guy who focuses on weight too much. But for certain jobs, you have to gain or lose weight.

Adam Pally

#8. I wanted the camera to actually observe the people who come from the outside to live inside a country, instead of fantasizing about them. Also, I wanted to say the sum of who we become is thanks to the people we meet. I wanted to make a positive film.

Danielle Arbid

#9. Control.... is not what we need.
What we need is to bend to the tempest like pine and palm trees - flexible, adaptive, attuned, yet fully rooted in our principles.

Patricia Pearson

#10. You talk; I'll sleep. feel free to make up my side of the conversation in case you get bored. I recommend throwing in the occasional 'fuck you' on my behalf, just to keep things true to life.

Douglas Hulick

#11. I want people to understand, gambling is not a bad thing if you do it within the framework of what it's meant to be, which is fun and entertaining.

Michael Jordan

#12. No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.

Edward R. Murrow

#13. As a former home secretary, I have access to and knowledge of the workings of the system in a way that individuals unfamiliar with the courts can never hope to have.

David Blunkett

#14. Poetry has been the guardian angel of humanity in all ages.

Alphonse De Lamartine

#15. Say what you like about melodrama, it beats confusion. The truth is we ought have a chance to say a little something when it's getting dark. We ought to have a closing scene.

Leif Enger

#16. Holly frowned at her. "Glad to see you've forgiven yourself so quickly."
"Harboring feelings of guilt can have a negative affect on mental health."
"Child geniuses," growled Holly.
"Genii," said Minerva.

Eoin Colfer