Cxviii Converted Quotes & Sayings

I have no reason as a director to have films go up in versions that I don't like. My only experience of film after ten years is honestly that if a picture doesn't get second-guessed you're looking at four Oscars, and if a picture does get second-guessed, you're not. I've got an advanced degree in that lesson. — William Monahan

Films are big hits when they touch a lot of people. Things are not funny in a vacuum, they're funny because we respond to some personal dislocation, some embarrassment, some humiliation, some pain we've suffered, or some desire we have. — Harold Ramis

The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable. — Bill Joy

Consequently, theories of evolution which, in accordance with the philosophies inspiring them, consider the mind as emerging from the forces of living matter, or as a mere epiphenomenon of this matter, are incompatible with the truth about man. Nor are they able to ground the dignity of the person. — Pope John Paul II

Parky, isn't it?" Strike said to the frowning constable and her companion as he and Robin walked back past them. — Robert Galbraith

People who produce good results feel good about themselves. — Ken Blanchard

I even read that book you liked so much. The one with the apple on the cover. Wow! That Edward is ... how did you put it ... dreamy? — Colleen Hoover

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

What isn't on my iPod playlist? I have very eclectic tastes. Jazz. Classic Rock. Hip Hop. Ska. Soul. Electronica.World Music. Funk. Blues. Chamber Music. Reggaeton. Gospel. And a whole lot of Prince. (I am a Minnesota gal through and through.) — Michele Norris

A man often believes himself leader when he is led; as his mind endeavors to reach one goal, his heart insensibly drags him towards another. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I love entertaining and making people laugh. It's my favorite thing to do. — Miranda Cosgrove

Winston Churchill used to say that we, Americans, try every other option before we finally do the right thing. After everything else is exhausted we eventually do the right thing and I think that's true for Congress as well. And it's important for Americans to remember that politics has always been messy. — Barack Obama