12110 Quotes & Sayings

There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point? — Neil Jordan

The art world is now a slave of mass culture. We have a sound-bite culture and so we have sound-bite art. You look at it, you get it - it's as immediate and as superficial as that. — Matthew Collings

I have been a joy to live with all spring: Upbeat, warm and tender, uncomplicated, and loving. I am no trouble at all. You could press me into dough and make sugar cookies out of me, I've been so sweet. — Adriana Trigiani

There seem to be a lot of black artists making very good videos that I'm surprised aren't being used on MTV. — David Bowie

Carry a candle in the dark, be a candle in the dark, know that you're a flame in the dark. — Ivan Illich

There is a lot to celebrate about that little Babe who was laid in a manger. Christians celebrate Christmas because they are thankful for the promise of salvation, which was delivered in human flesh and named Jesus. — Monica Johnson

I was a problem child, and problem children do the seemingly insane because they are trying to find out how to fit into the scheme of things. — Leo McCarey

It's as if they've planned out my life for me and I'm expected to live it for them. I hate it. So I don't tell anyone much. It's easier that way." ~Dani O'Meara from the forthcoming amateur sleuth mystery, Dangerous Days for Dani — Claire A. Murray

Ah, how fatefully swift is the move from one feeling to another. — Stefan Zweig