Filmland Quotes & Sayings

A functional team must make the collective results of the group more important to each individual than individual members' goals. — Patrick Lencioni

When I cut myself I feel so much better. All the little things that might have been annoying me suddenly seem so trivial, because I'm concentrating on the pain — Richey Edwards

I used to send away for eight-minute Super 8 movies of various Ray Harryhausen scenes advertised on the back of 'Famous Monsters of Filmland' magazine. — Peter Jackson

Yes, things happen for a reason, just not any good reason. (from Crystal Ships, publication pending) — Richard G. Sharp

Of course, if you have thought up to now that an actor relies merely on inspiration you will have to change your mind. Talent without work is nothing more than raw unfinished material. — Constantin Stanislavski

Darius was clearly of the opinion
That the air is also man's dominion,
And that, with paddle or fins or pinion,
We soon or late
Shall navigate
The azure, as now we sail the sea. — John Townsend Trowbridge

My plan for the online version of 'Famous Monsters' is to become an online 'uncle' to an entire group of people who have never read or heard of 'Famous Monsters of Filmland.' The site will not be written in a scholarly fashion. It will be written in a playful, 'Hey, check this out!' kind of way. — Harry Knowles

Conflict happens. People aren't happy all of the time. — Sara Ramirez

I keep saying I'm not at all famous in my own country, because people do not think I have done anything for India. — Freida Pinto

All that mattered was that he could look forward to aggravating the piss out of Rory each and every night. — R.L. Mathewson

What Mexico City cannot do and my country cannot do is to allow us to be intimidated, the authorities to be intimidated, by organized crime. — Enrique Pena Nieto

Eternal vigilance is the price of knowledge. — George Santayana

I grew up with Forrest J. Ackerman's 'Famous Monsters of Filmland' along with a plethora of movie tomes and wanted to write about film with a sense of personality, passion, and humor. — Harry Knowles

I am keenly aware that in writing about my mother, I am writing about my aunts' sister, and that in writing about my grandmother, I'm writing about their mother. I know that my honesty about how my view of these people has changed over the years may be painful. — Tracy K. Smith

I thought he jaunted around on yachts and baptized babies all day. Babies that would one day grow up to be swimsuit models, thanks to his touch. — R.S. Grey

The meaning of good and bad, of better and worse, is simply helping or hurting. — Ralph Waldo Emerson