Ausonius Wikipedia Quotes & Sayings

In Nature nothing; is mean or contemptible, and it is only pride, originating in a false idea of our superiority, which causes our contempt for some of her productions. In the eyes of Nature, however, the oyster that vegetates at the bottom of the sea is as dear and perfect as the proud biped who devours it. — Baron D'Holbach

I want to make big films. That's always been my ambition. — David Brooks

As long as you are dreaming, there is always a way out — Paul Auster

I had a New Year's kiss once. But it was like, 'Let's start the year off together,' and then we wound up breaking up the night after! — Joe Jonas

Thinking based on who deserves what blocks compassionate communication. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

Human life is fiction's only theme. — Eudora Welty

I'm gonna make you hairless where God didn't intend. — Ashlan Thomas

Most people walking around in a mall or on a college campus are carrying on them better technology than the entire U.S. government had when it put a man on the moon. Each one of us is a walking technological superpower. — Van Jones

Sparky Anderson taught me this a long time ago: 'There's three ways you can treat a person. You can pat 'em on the butt, you can kick 'em in the butt, or you can leave 'em alone.' — Pete Rose

You can start making up any kind of story if you want to. — Maurice Sendak

A poor writer is one who names rather than represents. — Italo Calvino

Snoring keeps the monsters away. — Judy Blume

In its jolly mission to expose the dark underbelly of the children's book world, Wild Things! turns up stories I've been hearing noised about for ages, but with a lot more detail and authenticity. The stories may not be quite as sordid as my own imagination had conjured up - although a few of them are - because there's no denying that this field is full of mostly nice people! - but it's all fun and a great read for anyone interested in both children's books and the collection of people who make them. — Paul O. Zelinsky

Almighty Power, by whose most wise command, helpless, forlorn, uncertain, here I stand, take this faint glimmer of thyself away, or break into my soul with perfect day! — John Arbuthnot

One of the first lessons you learn as an actor is to listen. — John Frankenheimer