Mowatt Quotes

#1. I'm more depressed about the realities of the mature bureaucracy and more excited about the ideal that we're fighting for. And the juxtaposition has obvious consequences. Rolf Mowatt-Larrsen

Ron Suskind

#2. Beautiful thoughts flit across the brain, like butterflies in the sun's rays, and are as difficult to capture.

Anna Cora Mowatt

#3. Misfortune sprinkles ashes on the head of the man, but falls like dew on the heart of the woman, and brings forth [gems] of strength of which she herself had no conscious possession.

Anna Cora Mowatt

#4. Lord Chesterfield designated ugly women as the third sex; how shall we place ugly men.

Anna Cora Mowatt

#5. Vegas is everything that's right with America. You can do whatever you want, 24 hours a day. They've effectively legalized everything there.

Drew Carey

#6. Every time you go out there, you want to be a little nervous, have a little bit of butterflies in your stomach and get the juices flowing.

Taryne Mowatt

#7. Mme. Deluzy has said that indifference is a woman's guardian angel,
a remark not only applicable in France, but all over the world.

Anna Cora Mowatt

#8. God never tells us to give up things just for the sake of giving them up, but He tells us to give them up for the sake of the only thing worth having, namely, life with Himself.

Oswald Chambers

#9. You never know when the devil might come calling.

Farley Mowat

#10. There is always a half-malicious curiosity amongst actors to witness the shortcomings of a novice. They invariably experience strong inclinations to prophesy failure.

Anna Cora Mowatt

#11. Women endowed with remarkable sensibilities enjoy much; but they also suffer much.

Anna Cora Mowatt

#12. Is it not in accordance with divine order that every mortal is thrown into that situation where his hidden evils can be brought forth to his own view, that he may know them, acknowledge them, struggle against them, and put them away?

Anna Cora Mowatt

#13. I'm a pragmatic man. I'll veer on the dangerous side, because I love dangerous subjects, but I won't shoot a show in the foot.

Harold Prince

#14. Men are prostrated by misfortune; women bend, but do not break, and martyr-like live on.

Anna Cora Mowatt

#15. A truthful enemy is better than a deceitful friend.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#16. yeah. In a movie it would work, yeah. But . . .

Stephen King

#17. Yes. No. Hang on. So what were these people? And pterodactyls have been extinct for fifty million years."

"If you say so, dear. Your father never really talked about it.

Neil Gaiman

#18. Pity's tears are spontaneous.

Anna Cora Mowatt

#19. We do not innovate anything ... How is it that novelties are introduced which were never even thought of by our predecessors?

Ambrose

#20. The more aspiration is partial realization.

Anna Cora Mowatt

#21. My life is nothing like the Daddy Day Care life. Me around the house is nothing like the Daddy Day Care dad.

Eddie Murphy

#22. The significance of King's Chamber of the Great Pyramid of Giza is not only demonstrated through its positioning inside the pyramid structure, but also through its size.

Ibrahim Ibrahim

#23. Every natural movement is graceful. Did you ever watch a kitten at play?

Anna Cora Mowatt

#24. let the sad take over your life or make you afraid. Don't let it stop the words.

J.A. Huss

#25. So my advice is to always choose something simpler - an expressive outfit, plus a hat, can be frightening.

Philip Treacy