Birding Pal Quotes & Sayings

Beautiful things of any kind are beautiful in themselves and sufficient to themselves. Praise is extraneous. The object of praise remains what it was - no better and no worse. — Marcus Aurelius

My father's films are often very slow for the modern audiences, which are used to a lot of editing. It's the audience that watches the film instead of the director dictating the reaction he wants from you. — Isabella Rossellini

The best research is the research that you don't know that you are doing. — Terry Pratchett

There is now a widespread tendency to argue that one can only defend democracy by totalitarian methods. If one loves democracy, the argument runs, one must crush its enemies by no matter what means. — George Orwell

The question is, how will you handle these challenges as you attempt to complete the quest or mission before you? Will you look at them as opportunities to grow and advance - to prove to yourself that you are capable of leveling up - or will you look at them as brick walls that halt your progress? It all comes down to your attitude and your strategy for attacking the obstacle. — Steve Kamb

I had auditioned for 'Saturday Night Live' two or three times before and never really saw myself there. I looked up to Belushi and Bill Murray and Aykroyd and I never saw myself as in their world. — Dana Carvey

Beauty will not come at the call of the legislature ... It will come, as always, unannounced, and spring up between the feet of brave and earnest men. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Things can change on a daily basis in television. You can be introduced to aspects of your character that you had no idea existed because they didn't exist a week before. The next week it might be taken away from you in some way that you can't control. — Keeley Hawes

it was characteristic of men to deny hunger once their appetite were satisfied — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain. — Tertullian

What's that, Barry?'
'Nothing, chief! — Robert Rankin