Ellmann Oscar Quotes & Sayings

Back to culture. Yes, actually to culture. You can't consume much if you sit still and read books. — Aldous Huxley

You have to change your thinking if you desire to have a future different from your present. — Germany Kent

Genius is fostered by industry. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

The machine demanded access codes. As he entered the first, a faint whispering sound startled him, causing him to snatch up the sweep laser. All was silent again. It had sounded like metal on metal. Could he have imagined it? He listened intently. — Christina Engela

The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

My mother's dead, and I have to live with her charming husband, and nobody in New York speaks French, and there aren't any chairs in your son's room. — J.D. Salinger

He who builds a masjid in the way of Allah, God will build a house for him in the paradise. — Abu Bakr

in the vast majority of systems, efficiency isn't critical. — Steve McConnell

I'm a big fan of the young 1950s Elvis when he would just go onstage and control the whole environment. — Bruno Mars

Better is one day in the company of those bullied by Christians but loved by Jesus than thousands in the company of those wielding scripture to harm the weak and defenseless. — David P. Gushee

There's a large opportunity for Bon Iver to be a special thing, even from a business standpoint - just trying to do cooler things. Every band sells t-shirts and plays certain auditoriums, but I'm sick of being like everyone else, because I'm not. — Justin Vernon

Even potted plants got to be a responsibility, like everything else you took care of that couldn't make decisions for itself. — Tove Jansson