The Valley Of Elah Quotes

#1. History and experience ought to teach us to be suspicious of Goliaths, because the very thing that makes the giant so terrifying is also the source of his weakness. David understood that, as he sized up his opponent long ago in the Valley of Elah. And in a different time and in a very different age,

Malcolm Gladwell

#2. I like taking genres and subverting them. I did that with 'In the Valley of Elah.' I said, 'Okay, this is just a murder mystery. Relax.' And then, two thirds of the way through, I broke every convention of a murder mystery.

Paul Haggis

#3. If you're not thinking for yourself, then you're following-not leading.

Robin Sharma

#4. To be able to analyze plays and novels is so relevant to acting.

Holliday Grainger

#5. The heart is a foreign country whose language none of us is good at.

Jack Gilbert

#6. No matter how important a man at sea may consider himself, unless he is fundamentally worthy the sea will some day find him out.

Felix Riesenberg

#7. I sighed, then hated myself for sighing, such an impotent and ultimately dishonest thing to do, the refuge of those lacking the courage to articulate their displeasure.

Ron Currie Jr.

#8. Of all silences I had encountered this was the gravest and most inevitable: not the silence of secrets, but of knowing.

Emmi Itaranta

#9. And I watch my words from a long way off.
They are more yours than mine.
They climb on my old suffering like ivy.

Pablo Neruda

#10. Hope for the best, be prepared for the worse. Life is shocking, but you must never appear to be shocked. For no matter how bad it is it could be worse and no matter how good it is it could be better.

Maya Angelou

#11. The arts are not for the privileged few, but for the many. Their place is not on the periphery of daily life, but at its center. They should function not merely as another form of entertainment but, rather, should contribute significantly to our well being and happiness.

John D. Rockefeller III

#12. Never allow temporary defeat to keep you from lasting victory.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#13. You can't break through Hollywood formulaic points of view. I've tried, and I think I was more successful than anybody at doing it.

Roseanne Barr

#14. He's rich. Rich boys are always handsome.

Tess Oliver

#15. My mom is going to kill me for talking about sleeping with people. But I don't want to put myself in the position where I'm in a monogamous relationship right now. I'm not dating just one person. 'Sex and the City' changed everything for me because those girls would sleep with so many people.

Lindsay Lohan

#16. I don't know that I've ever been someone who's interested in existing on tour. I have a lot of interests and a lot of other things that excite me.

Andy Roddick

#17. Lord, cat. Announce yourself next time. I don't have no nine lives.

Libba Bray