Champigneulle Quotes & Sayings

Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success. — Sting

In the letters he sends to his friend, Werther recounts both the events of his life and the effects of his passion; but it is literature which governs the mixture. For if I keep a journal, we may doubt that this journal relates, strictly speaking, to events. The events of amorous life are so trivial that they gain access to writing only by an immense effort: one grows discouraged writing what, by being written, exposes its own platitude: "I ran into X, who was with Y" "Today X didn't call me" "X was in a bad mood," etc.: who would see a story in that? The infinitesimal event exists only in its huge reverberation: Journal of my reverberations (of my wounds, my joys, my interpretations, my rationalizations, my impulses): who would understand anything in that? Only the Other could write my love story, my novel. — Roland Barthes

In the North, he discoverd, courtesy was considered a barometer of genuine esteem; for any decently brought up Southerner, good manners were simply habitual. — Mary Doria Russell

If one is to learn to live with the dead, one must first learn to live with the living! — Irvin D. Yalom

I like the night, I have clearer ideas in the dark. — Serge Gainsbourg

I've always maintained my name will not define my films, my films will define my name. But I wish I was called Steve, or something else. — McG

We awoke to a fabulation of ice, the sun shining like a weapon, light rocketing off every surface except the surfaces of the Army's clean streets and walks. — Stephanie Vaughn

Would you say that any one sacred book is superior to all others in the world? ... I say the New Testament, after that, I should place the Koran , which in its moral teachings, is hardly more than a later edition of the New Testament. Then would follow according to my opinion the Old Testament, the Southern Buddhist Tripitaka , the Tao-te-king of Laotze , the Kings of Confucius , the Veda and the Avesta . — Max Muller

The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people. — Robert W. Welch Jr.

I would never have thought my collection of short stories would win the Giller. — Lynn Coady

You gotta look out for number one, but don't step in number two! — Rodney Dangerfield

When gender comes down upon us, male or female, it comes as a restriction. — Gloria Steinem

Over a period of time, if you have a successful show, then you have a devoted audience. I feel you owe something to them. That goes for everybody - writers, camera operators, actors, studio executives, etc. Sadly, I've realized it's a responsibility that very few people live up to. — Raymond Burr

My goal is to keep making films and grow as a film maker; that's always my goal. — Rob Zombie