Bistrow Quotes & Sayings

The book fascinated him, or more exactly it reassured him. In a sense it told him nothing that was new, but that was part of the attraction. — George Orwell

'Know,' says a wise writer, the historian of kings, 'Know the men that are to be trusted'; but how is this to be? The possession of knowledge involves both time and opportunities. Neither of these are 'handservants at command.' — Dorothea Dix

He puppeteers really responded to it. Patrick Bistrow really responded to it, it's great fun to do improve comedy with puppets. — Brian Henson

A passion for any novel, and any character, can crystallise your ideas when you really need to be as open as possible as a performer. — Romola Garai

Empowerment means that people have the freedom to act. It also means that they are accountable for results. — Kenneth H. Blanchard

Where's the lace? — Nalini Singh

The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man who comes to relieve it. — Oliver Goldsmith

Some theologians claim that all God's desires culminate in a single desire: to assert and to maintain God's own glory. On its own, the idea of a glory-seeking God seems to say that God, far from being only a giver, is the ultimate receiver. As the great twentieth-century theologian Karl Barth disapprovingly put it, such a God would be "in holy self-seeking ... preoccupied with Himself"10. In creating and redeeming, such a God would give, but only in order to get glory; the whole creation would be a means to this end. In Luther's terms, here we would have a God demonstrating human rather than divine love. — Miroslav Volf

Beige curtains ... there's nothing wrong with them. You're not like, 'Ew, gross! Beige curtains!' You just don't notice them either way. They're just, like, fine. — Riki Lindhome

Reluctant doctors like to believe that they haven't much influence over their patients, but that is clearly not the case. Several studies have found that when doctors genuinely encouraged women to have VBACs, most of them did, and when they said nothing or acted neutral, most women didn't. Finally, when obstetricians discouraged VBAC in women who wanted to try it, none of them did. — Henci Goer

Sure, they fought like two hobos battling over the last bottle of booze, but there was no denying that Olivia and Holden began where the other ended. In — Liz Schulte

Thin people, God bless them, God curse them, don't get it: If you're not thin, you need to be careful and conscious about when and how you suitors initially see you. — Frank Bruni

One car behind him. Two more ahead. The plane was now in — Anthony Horowitz

The pimp is the executive organ of immorality. The executive organ of morality is the blackmailer. — Karl Kraus