Alacrity Crossword Quotes & Sayings

I was aggressively nonpolitical. I believed that people who make a fuss about politics do so because their heads are too empty to think about more important things. So I felt nothing but impatient contempt for Osborne's Jimmy Porter and the rest of the heroes of social protest. — Colin Wilson

I spent six years touring the world playing Shakespeare, Molire, Shaw, Goldsmith ... But I slowly came to realise that the people you are working with are as important as the parts you play, and that there were lots of interesting people working in film and T.V. — Stephen Mangan

The Oblivion Seekers, a collection one critic has described as "one of the strangest human documents that a woman has given to the world. — Maggie Nelson

He would dream waking dreams about Jesus, gloriously childlike. He fancied he came down every now and then to see how things were going in the lower part of his kingdom; and that when he did so, he made use of Glashgar and its rocks for his stair, coming down its granite scale in the morning, and again, when he had ended his visit, going up in the evening by the same steps. Then high and fast would his heart beat at the thought that some day he might come upon his path just when he had passed, see the heather lifting its head from the trail of his garment, or more slowly out of the prints left by his feet, as he walked up the stairs of heaven, going back to his Father. Sometimes, when a sheep stopped feeding and looked up suddenly, he would fancy that Jesus had laid his hand on its head, and was now telling it that it must not mind being killed; for he had been killed, and it was all right. — George MacDonald

I rarely have time for lunch, so tend to have a big breakfast and big dinner. — Carmen Busquets

I truly believe that when you've found the one you're searching for, you become a better version of yourself. You're better for it. — Hunter Hayes

Jed
talks about the foreseeable future and
how little there is that we can foresee. — David Levithan

Let life kick you off your pedestal time and time again, until you lose all interest in being on pedestals. — Jeff Foster

Solitude In the dark night Snowflakes falling slowly In absolute silence Blissful peace The joy of solitude Holding my book Sipping my tea Chocolate on my tongue My heart is filled with contentment Stroking silky fur beside me Looking into dark brown eyes That shine with devotion Pure unconditional love Immersing myself in a foreign world Living a life in hours Laughing, crying, loving In the dark night The joy of solitude — Helle Gade

He stepped forward to keep our bodies aligned, and took my chin in his hand. I will have you. Body, mind, and soul. And I won't share you with anyone else. — Chloe Neill

I'm not an aspiring young actor; I'm a storyteller who made it late in life, and I'm therefore an inspiration to everyone who thinks that, at 23, if you're not in the Backstreet Boys, then you're never gonna make it. — Paul Hogan

I love looking at famous people. Because of the way they look. Because of the way photography makes them look famous. — Arthur Schopenhauer