Braswells Quotes & Sayings

Perhaps some guest editors would keep Ethel and Julius Rosenberg in their peripheral vision. But Sylvia recognized their execution as the most extreme and gruesome example of McCarthy's red-baiting paranoia. — Elizabeth Winder

Knights do protect ladies, but only to keep them from being abducted by other knights. — Steven Pinker

My concern is to continue respecting my work as I've done since I began as an actor and I could only do that if I'm strong enough to keep on doing what I think best in an artistic way. — Javier Bardem

It's not fair to use movies that weren't creatively successful as a reason why something won't work. — Christopher Meledandri

I think Clapton is brilliant. He's the only one who moved me. The only one who made me want to play the guitar. — Eddie Van Halen

Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show. — Terry Pratchett

Instead of critics reviewing my movies, now what they're really doing is trying to match wits with me. Every time they review my movies, it's like they want to play chess with the mastermind and show off every reference they can find, even when half of it is all of their own making. — Quentin Tarantino

I always resented books that tried to teach a lesson, where the characters are too good: They don't swear, they tell their mothers everything. — Cecily Von Ziegesar

We always believe that there's going to be some high, just around the corner that's going to pull us way, way, way up, where we'll stay forever. If our current romance doesn't do that for us, we'll look for a new one. When the giddy high of the first date wears off, we're ready for another fix.
There's no problem with loving something, we coupling up, with enjoying someone's company, and all the rest. But if you want to enjoy all that stuff to the fullest, the best possible way to do it is to stop looking for the big highs, peak experiences, and sweeping flights of blissful romance. All that stuff just causes its own counterreactions. Watch your own body and mind, and you'll see this for yourself. — Brad Warner

Principle is ever my motto, no expediency. — Benjamin Disraeli

I am unaware of his plans but I shall never stop believing in them because I cannot fathom them and I prefer to mistrust my own intellectual capacities than his justice. — Alexis De Tocqueville

A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master. — George Herbert

Maybe life is just easier if you're a little goofy ... — Christopher Moore

Listen with your eyes. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

If you take life at face value, it loses its luster pretty quickly. If you go after it, you get more out of it. — Christopher Meloni