Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Whately

Christianity, contrasted with the Jewish system of emblems, is truth in the sense of reality, as substance is opposed to shadows, and, contrasted with heathen mythology, is truth as opposed to falsehood.

Russell Hoban

If reality had a stage door I'd hang around there to see what comes out after the show.

Russell Banks

It's hard to spend years at a time working in total solitude with no reality-check.

William S. Burroughs

The Orgasmic Death Gimmick is rather complicated. It could be called the whole birth-death cycle of action, persuading people that birth and death are realities.

William S. Burroughs

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time... and you can't see it if you refuse to face the possibility.

Virginia Woolf

If we face the fact, for it is a fact, that there is no arm to cling to, but that we go alone and that our relation is to the world of reality and not only to the world of men and women...

Viola Spolin

General improvisations often give actors an insight beyond their words by helping them to 'see the word' and achieve a reality for the scene.

Wong Kar-wai

People are very surprised when they come to Hong Kong after seeing my films, because my version of it is quite different than Hong Kong in reality.

Woody Allen

You always think another time would have been ideal for you . . . the reality is there was no novocaine when you went to the dentist.

Joseph A. Schumpeter

It is quite possible that future generations will look upon arguments about the inferiority of the socialist plan as we look upon Adam Smith's argument about joint stock companies which, also, were simply false.

Nelly Furtado

Our connection to nature grounds us, it makes us more spiritually aware. We must keep the legacy of nature materially alive for future generations.

Margaret Thatcher

I love his music because he was my generation. But then again, Elvis is everyone's generation, and he always will be.

Lennie James

I'm part of that generation that grew up watching TV, and being an actor was all about being on TV or being in films.

Julianna Baggott

The generation of women who came before us did much of our shouting. They laid the groundwork and now we can be calm and constant and steady.

Kabir Bedi

I am going to produce a movie of my own. I am not going to stick to the time-tested formulae of Hindi cinema. I want to make a film for the present generation. So there will be a lot of new faces in the film.

Paul Di Filippo

Every new generation of SF writers remakes cyberpunk - a genre often laced with dystopian subtexts - in its own image.

Joel Osteen

Don't be so shortsighted that if it doesn't happen right now, you're not going to be happy. You are sowing seeds that will reap a great harvest for generations to come.

Joe Biden

Don't listen to the cynics. They were wrong about my generation and they were wrong about yours.

Mike Slive

Just the fundamental format, I think, needs explanation.

Jolanda Schreurs

I think it's an opportunity to redress that and start working in concert. Our needs should be aligned.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

A ruler who needs religion to help him rule is a weakling. No weakling should rule..

Brenda Keeler

It is pretty painful if you don't have a place for this person to stay and this person needs some help.

Two Chainz

You need to be your own individual.

Tim Lappano

He needs to understand that playing quarterback in this system takes a lot of work and a lot of film study.

Bill Whalen

He needs to talk about the relevance of what he's doing with the political system.

Brent Kemnitz

He needs to pitch like a fifth-year senior for us.

Bruce Bochy

He needs to get back out there and pitch.