Silent Film Stars Quotes

#1. Like the he-man movie stars who turn out to be queer ... or the silent-film actors whose voices sound terrible recorded
the audience only wants a limited amount of honesty. [ellipses original]

Chuck Palahniuk

#2. You either have to be first, best, or different.

Loretta Lynn

#3. I always say the beauty is in the mix.

Nancy Pelosi

#4. Wisdom is in large part the knowledge of how to avoid doing dumb things, and thus grows globally as a function of the published inventory of stupid mistakes.

Tim Bray

#5. It is a significant fact that, of all the Christian countries, in those where the church stands highest, and has most power, women rank lowest, and have fewest rights accorded them, whether of personal liberty or proprietary interest.

Helen H. Gardener

#6. Overuse at best is needless clutter; at worst, it creates the impression that the characters are overacting, emoting like silent film stars. Still, an adverb can be exactly what a sentence needs. They can add important intonation to dialogue, or subtly convey information.

Howard Mittelmark

#7. The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.

Oprah Winfrey

#8. I just haven't found anyone that I want to spend long periods of time with ...

Kate Moss

#9. Nicholas wrestled a grocery cart free from the queue and pushed it into the produce section at Publix. "They make really good subs here," I said.

Ann Kidd Taylor

#10. I didn't finish college, which is really weird because they awarded me the Alumni of Distinction recently.

Joely Fisher