Basie Theatre Quotes & Sayings

Philosophical systems? Even the most impressive of them are uncomfortably seated on a throne of rock bottom stupidity, that self-inflicted narrow-mindness which renders a mind capable of believing that it, a part of the immense world, could absolute — Erich Heller

There are conscious reasons and unconscious reasons why I pick something. You know, I have to be moved by the story and usually that means it has to touch me in some kind of personal place. — Jodie Foster

By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.
Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them.
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
- Albert Schweitzer — Albert Schweitzer

The poets are nothing but interpreters of the gods, each one possessed by the divinity to whom he is in bondage. — Plato

It would be a shame to go out with a hot girl you can't have a decent conversation with! — Justin Bieber

You're so completely going to be in Slytherin."
"I'm so completely going to be in Ravenclaw, thank you very much. I only want power so I can get books. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

I'm enjoying it, but I still don't know why I'm hooked on acting. — Stephen Rea

Sport is bad for you! — Wendy Lou Jones

Begin this moment, wherever you find yourself, and take no thought of the morrow. Look not to Russia, China, India, not to Washington, not to the adjoining county, city or state, but to your immediate surroundings. Forget Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed and all the others. Do your part to the best of your ability, regardless of the consequences. Above all, do not wait for the next man to follow suit. — Henry Miller

Knowledge lets you swim and wisdom lets you fly. — Debasish Mridha

Sorry. I get attacks of quotitis every once in a while. It's a very rare disease with no cure. It usually attacks older people, and here i am afflicted with it at my tender age. — Madeleine L'Engle

Treat objections as requests for further information. — Brian Tracy