Awakenings Oliver Sacks Quotes & Sayings

The editors are committed to nothing save this: to keep common sense as fast as they can, to belabor sham as agreeably as possible, to give civilized entertainment. — H.L. Mencken

I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I will try to horrify, and if I find that I cannot horrify, I'll go for the gross-out. I'm not proud. — Stephen King

The reason I write romance is that I like happy endings. The idea, you know, 'It's not literature unless is ends badly,' and I really don't like that. There's enough misery and bad things happening in the world. — Ruth Glick

I think when actors run away from their work that they're slightly crazy, really! — Andy Serkis

I know I'm smarter than an armadillo — Lee Child

Am I to admire a man who injures me in an awkward and mistaken attempt to protect me, and to despise a man who to earn a good income performs for me some great and lasting service? — George J. Stigler

For your songs to connect with people, they've got to mean something to you. — Charlie Fink

Adversity brings out a man's character.
Prosperity kills it. — Manoj Vaz

The world's made up of individuals who don't want to be heroes. — Brian Moore