Anthony Quinton Quotes & Sayings

I'd much rather turn down a starring role in a bad picture and do a small role in a very good picture. — Rod Taylor

It would be more in keeping with the intention of the noblest man in this world if our two Christian churches, instead of annoying Negroes with missions which they neither desire nor understand, would kindly, but in all seriousness, teach our European humanity that where parents are not healthy it is a deed pleasing to God to take pity on a poor little healthy orphan child and give him father and mother, than themselves to give birth to a sick child who will only bring unhappiness and suffering on himself and the rest of the world. — Adolf Hitler

Homo sentimentalis [ ... ] a man who has raised feelings to a category of value. As soon as feelings are seen as value, everyone wants to feel; and because we all like to pride ourselves on our values, we have a tendency to show off our feelings. — Milan Kundera

Some family trees bear an enormous crop of nuts. — Wayne Huizenga

There are many ways of doing it but Mummy and I think this is the simplest for you to try. Put a cup of flour, an egg, a half cup of milk and a good shake of salt into a large bowl and beat altogether until it is the consistency of thick cream. Put in the frig for several hours. (It's best if you make it in the morning.) When you put your roast in the oven, put in an extra pan to heat. Half an hour before your roast is done, pour a bit of the roast grease into the baking pan, just enough to cover the bottom will do. The pan must be very hot. Now pour the pudding in and the roast and pudding will be ready at the same time. — Helene Hanff

Happiness is everything in the whole universe. It's a state of mind. Your whole life is a state of mind. So be happy, why not? — Frederick Lenz

I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off. — Maggie Grace

Life's too short. — Andrew Scott

The scientific study of labor economics provided the opportunity for me to unite theory with evidence my lifetime intellectual passion. — James Heckman

Good hymns are an immense blessing to the Church. They train people for heaven, where praise is one of the principal occupations. — J.C. Ryle

I'm always skeptical about representations of trans people, especially when trans people are not making the work. — Laverne Cox

The British are like that, especially the middle class Radio 4 audience: a young snappy, angry person annoys them, and they shout at the radio for him to show some respect and get the spiritual and intellectual equivalent of a haircut. But let the same sentiments exactly, word for word, be uttered in high academic tones, as if by a compound of G. E. Moore, Bertrand Russell and Anthony Quinton, and they will roll onto their tummies and purr. — Stephen Fry

A VIP area is nothing without not-so-important people. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

If awesome things in creation become your god, the God who created those things will not own your awe. Horizontal awe is meant to do one thing: stimulate vertical — Paul David Tripp

I wouldn't expect you to get it, Daisy. You don't look at anything besides Photoplay - and even then somebody's gotta explain the pictures to you."
Daisy's mouth hung open in outrage. "Well, I never!"
"Yeah, that's what you tell all your fellas, but the rest of us aren't buying it. Go away, now, Daisy. Shoo, little fly! — Libba Bray