Saydam Quotes

#1. Don't get consumed by the false idea that being a woman is a disadvantage.

Esra Saydam

#2. Science, Poetry, and Thought Are thy lamps; they make the lot Of the dwellers in a cot So serene, they curse it not.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

#3. Women should never carry purses in the Metro or on the street in Paris. Unless the bag is purely for show, that is. Money, credit cards and ID should never be put in a purse.

James Laxer

#4. Directors should not be forced to advocate anything in their works because of their demographic identity.

Esra Saydam

#5. Max is short for General Maximus Decimus Meridius.

James L. Rubart

#6. O, treacherous Death! You can't be forgiven for vanquishing my creator to the dust.

Mallika Tripathi

#7. Give me your bow," I said to the Nuban.
He frowned. "You're going to shoot him?"
The guard laughed, but there wasn't an ounce of humour in the Nuban. He was getting to know me.

Mark Lawrence

#8. In our society, as women filmmakers, we are expected to make films that empower women and that raise awareness about women's issues. That is a huge misconception.

Esra Saydam

#9. Some people look at the surface, while some see what's deep down. The most important thing is that the film should somehow stay with them until the very end.

Esra Saydam

#10. If we proclaim a gospel that doesn't emphasize transformation, we end up with a deficit of clean containers, which consequently creates a shortage of God's manifest presence on the earth.

John Bevere

#11. When you direct a film, everything should be about the story and nothing else.

Esra Saydam

#12. I hope that by modeling feminism in my own life, work and relationships that it will haut become an organic part of my daughter's life. But I'm also fully prepared for her to become a Republican as a way to rebel as a teenager - that would be just my luck!

Jessica Valenti

#13. It is difficult to give children a sense of security unless you have it yourself. If you have it, they catch it from you.

William C. Menninger

#14. I really don't even know you, and yet, in my life, you are forever entangled; to my history, inextricably bound.

Sarah Ockler

#15. Thoughts repeat themselves. Experiences do not.

David Cain