Berfield University Quotes & Sayings

It is with this as with religion: one usually believes what he has been taught. — Knute Nelson

Frequently over the years, people have thought that they know me. Every character actor has this story, I'm sure. It goes like this: 'Um, do you play soccer?' 'Did you go to such and such church?' 'I knew you when you were with so and so ... ' Then I go, 'Well, sorry ... ' and then they say, 'Wait a minute. Are you an actor?' — Beth Grant

God sure esteems the growth and completing of one virtuous person, more that the restraint of ten vicious. — John Milton

I've always felt that my relationship to the United States is analogous to a marriage. I love this country. I hate it. I get angry at it. I feel close to it. I'm charmed by it. I'm repelled by it. And it's a marriage that's gone on for let's say at least 50 years of my writing life, and in the course of that, what's happened? It's gotten worse. It's not what it used to be. — Norman Mailer

Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead. — Les Brown

I think being a writer was a crappy job when you just had typewriters. It was crappy when we just had ink and paper. And it's sort of crappy now. It's always just you and the page. That doesn't change. — Colson Whitehead

Considering you are pretty much like this the whole time whether you're onstage, whether you're in the van, whether you're eating, whether you're in the hotel room. So everyone has their moments and you kind of learn to respect people's space when they're not in a good mood. — Barry Privett

Someone who might-who did understand what it was like to be crippled at your very core, someone who was still climbing inch by inch out of that abyss. — Sarah J. Maas