Ellen Moers Quotes & Sayings

Come, come, be every one officious
To make this banquet; which I wish may prove
More stern and bloody than the Centaurs' feast. — William Shakespeare

I henceforth tread the world, chaste, temperate, an early riser, a steady grower. — Walt Whitman

The person in the balloon basket said "I hope you don't mind me helping, but it looked like you were having problems down there."
I said, "You're a Stegosaurus. — Neil Gaiman

I've had my face sliced open one day. Stunt man went one way, and I went the same way and had a few stitches. — Pierce Brosnan

99 percent of success is built on failure. — Charles Kettering

I think any time you lose an Ashes series, especially with the hype and build-up surrounding it and the pride we have as Australians playing against England, that's always hard to take. — Ricky Ponting

Every time a message seems to grab us, and we think, 'I just might try it,' we are at the nexus of choice and persuasion that is advertising. — Andrew Hacker

Every actor has three versions of each scene - the one that you rehearse the night before, in your bedroom, the one you actually get to do when you're filming, and then the one you wish you would have done, afterward. — Zac Efron

Sometimes people ask me why am I so excited about what I do. My reply mostly is, You see one celebrity and get excited. I see several hundred thousand future celebrities, change makers, and world movers, everyday. — Sharad Vivek Sagar

Ever after that I knew what I was for him; and what I might be for the rest of the world, I ceased painfully to care. — Charlotte Bronte

Gail Anderson-Dargatz has a noticing eye, a voice as unique as the countryside she writes about, and a heart large enough to love her entire cast of distinct and memorable characters. In The Cure for Death by Lightning she fashions an irresistible song out of the joys and dangers of growing up, the mysteries and wonders of life on a farm, the thrilling terror of trying to outrun the awful unseen force that pursues a growing girl. This novel opens a door to a shining, surprising world. — Jack Hodgins

These doomsday warriors look no more like soldiers than the soldiers of the Second World War looked like conquistadors. The more expert they become the more they look like lab assistants in small colleges. — Alistair Cooke

Writer's block is when your imaginary friends won't talk to you. — Mary Papas

I love the way you look at me. I love the way you love me. No matter what, I will always find my way back to you, — Tara Sivec

The cost of being a publicly traded stock has gone way, way up. It doesn't make sense for a little company to be public anymore. A lot of little companies are going private to be rid of these burdensome requirements ... — Charlie Munger