Criti Quotes & Sayings

All men of talent, whether they be men of feeling or not; whether they be zealots, or aspirants, or despots--provided only they be sincere--have their sublime moments, when they subdue and rule. I felt veneration for St. John--veneration so strong that its impetus thrust me at once to the point I had so long shunned. I was tempted to cease struggling with him--to rush down the torrent of his will into the gulf of his existence, and there lose my own. I was almost as hard beset by him now as I had been once before, in a different way, by another. I was a fool both times. To have yielded then would have been an error of principle; to have yielded now would have been an error of judgment. So I think at this hour, when I look back to the crisis through the quiet medium of time: I was unconscious of folly at the instant — Charlotte Bronte

I'm much more experienced now, so I can find films that are interesting quicker and cut out the films that don't really matter. It means more to me now because my kids are going to see them, and I want them to be proud. — Brad Pitt

When you're making your living as a writer or an artist or a musician, you kind of live in a trance. You're sort of in the day-to-day world, you're certainly there for your day-to-day relationships with people, and so on. — Stephen R. Bissette

I feel crazy that me sticking with my dreams actually worked. It's wild and incredible. — Rachel Platten

Brooklyn is a hub; people move to Brooklyn because of what's already in Brooklyn. — Caroline Polachek

all that greedy or self-absorbed. Sage's father, cruel as he was, only wanted his son back. Tammi just wanted a sister. I wanted a "normal" girlfriend. And Sage - all she wanted was to be herself. I — Brian Katcher

In 1997, cognitive psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen found that the fathers and grandfathers of children with autism were more likely to be engineers. — Steve Silberman

You don't touch the purse. The purse is sacrosanct. — Julie James

I think a good role model has to be sexy. Real, empowered, self-possessed women are sexy. When you're really in control of your choices, your mood, your body, and your opinions, people find you sexy. — Amanda Palmer

Seems like God don't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams - but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile. — Lorraine Hansberry

'Without the help of mathematics,' the wise man continued, 'the art could not advance and all the sciences would perish.' — Julio Cesar De Mello E Souza

When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach. — Lou Holtz