Famous Quotes & Sayings

Arthur Miller

The task of the real intellectual consists of analyzing illusions in order to discover their causes.

Azim Premji

Success is achieved twice. Once in the mind and the second time in the real world.

Azar Nafisi

What we search for in fiction is not so much reality, but the epiphany of truth.

Benjamin Bratt

I believe there's a huge distinction between un macho and a real man. I don't think you have to be one to be another.

Benjamin Bratt

The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life.

Jamie Drummond

Not only has President Bush broken his word on funding, he has not put in the effort required to turn this excellent idea into a lifesaving reality.

Carl Sandburg

A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake.

Alan Dershowitz

I have no doubt that if an actual ticking bomb situation were to arise, our law enforcement authorities would torture. The real debate is whether such torture should take place outside of our legal system or within it. The answer to this seems clear: If we are to have torture, it should be authorized by the law.

Alain de Botton

There is real danger of a disconnect between what's on your business card and who you are deep inside, and it's not a disconnect that the world is ready to be patient with.

Sharon Chang

People call each other when they see new books on the shelves. New books are usually checked out in two days, DVDs in (only) hours.

Ray Waddell

The Stones have written and rewritten the book on touring.

George Smith

I self-published the first edition, hardcover, in June 2003. The book is now in its third printing.

Philip Chien

The whole object of the book is to take the two-dimensional bios and make them into three-dimensional people.

Travis Paquet

This is a win in our book as far as I am concerned. We keep working hard. It'll come.

Gena Prochaska

That's why I chose it, it's the first book in a series. This way they get the first book and it will suck them in. It draws them in and gets them interested in the book, and then they want to continue the series. And it gets them reading, which is the whole point of this group.

Brian K. Vaughan

I have no imagination; I just steal from life and change the color. Then it's a comic book.

Jason Biggs

I've heard every pie joke in the book. I'm still waiting for an original one.

Miley Cyrus

The reason I never want a book to end is that I start to feel like the characters are my friends. I'll miss them when they're gone.

James Franco

As far as... what they've given me so far, in the last two movies -- I feel like I have the most kind of tortured character in the movies and so it's always great to play as an actor,

Jason Shirey

It was a long day. There was a lot of character to come back. To lose 3-2 and not lay down ù these kids have done stuff like this in summer league.

Brandon Sanderson

The number 1 thing that I don't want to see in a story is when characters exist simply to be proven wrong.

Azim Premji

The Indian community in Canada has integrated much better than the Indian community in United States. They've become really Canadian at the same time as keeping all their Indian characters and customs and social groups.

Calvin Coolidge

We do not need more knowledge, we need more character!

Elizabeth Strout

I actually see myself in all my characters. In order to imagine what it feels like to be another person I have to use my own experiences and responses to the world.

Booker T. Washington

The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.

Billy Collins

I was a pretty happy kid, I had to fake it. I had to get into this miserable character before I wrote poems.

Bridgit Mendler

The cool thing about doing a voice-over into a different language is that you get to bring the character of your own culture into it.