Beider Manhoff Quotes & Sayings

I have, perhaps, a slave-like constitution which is too easily restrained by bonds; it then becomes rebellious and bursts out in a comic revolution. — Saul Bellow

I think I know who you are," he finally said. "It took me a minute, since you're better looking than I thought you'd be, but I think I've got it. — Michelle Rowen

He felt like a man in a small boat under which a huge sea creature has passed, causing the boat to pitch gently. Like a man in a boat, he could chase it or run from it, and he picked chase. If he felt it on her lips, he put his mouth on her lips. If he found it on the palm of her hand, he opened her hand and licked it up. Her soul darted here and there, sensitive as any creature, tipping her center of balance back and forth as it oscillated. She liked this, and if she had any fear, she did not take it seriously. He liked it, too, so much that he could barely concentrate on the chase. — Mary Gaitskill

The expectation of a reward or evaluation, even a positive evaluation, squelched creativity. — Eric Weiner

What a torture to hear that a life had been available to me that I had not been man enough to live. — Peter Carey

It actually does matter what people think about you. — Melissa Harris-Perry

If you don't have heroes in the beginning, you don't grow. — Robert Duvall

I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to. — Vincent D'Onofrio

The only way I know of to get in touch with what God wants is to be very, very, very quiet. — Brad Warner

I may play a total madman on TV, but I'm really just a very unbalanced guy at home. However, when it comes to stocks, I believe in being rigorous and methodical, not crazy. There's no madness to my method. — Jim Cramer