Filmland 2018 Quotes & Sayings

There's no profit in peace. — Brandon Sanderson

I did not know that the first step in any domestic violence relationship is to seduce and charm the victim. I also did not know that the second step is to isolate the victim. The next step in the domestic violence pattern is to introduce the threat of violence and see how she reacts. We victims know something you [non-victims] usually don't. It's incredibly dangerous to leave an abuser, because the final step in the domestic violence pattern is to 'kill her'. Over 70% of domestic violence murders happens after the victim has ended the relationship. — Leslie Morgan Steiner

Anaxagoras said to a man who was grieving because he lay dying in a foreign land, "The descent to hell is the same from every place. — Diogenes Laertius

I wash my cars and clean the garage a lot. That's kind of my thing. — Joey Logano

A giggler always wins his/her enemies. — Euginia Herlihy

Philosophy does not serve the State or the Church, who have other concerns. It serves no established power. The use of philosophy is to sadden. A philosophy that saddens no one, that annoys no one, is not a philosophy. It is useful for harming stupidity, for turning stupidity into something shameful. — Gilles Deleuze

All will come through, not a single soul (jiva) shall be lost. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

I'd serve him any day of the week and twice on Sundays. Because, fuck me, that's why. — A. Zavarelli

Pace, like everything else in writing, involves a trade-off. If you're not offering the reader a lot of action to keep her interested, you must offer something else in its stead. Slow pace is ideal for complex character development, detailed description, and nuances of style. — Nancy Kress

Yes, God wants you to do signs and wonders. But the love of God manifested through you is what people really need. So you first must see His face. You must become so close to His very heartbeat that you can feel what others feel. — Heidi Baker

Of course, you can't spend all of your time listening to random inputs. But you should be open to them. As you keep doing it, you will develop a feel for whose views are apt to contain gems of information and a sense of who will take advantage of your openness to clutter you with noise. Over time, then, you can adjust your receptivity accordingly. — Andrew S. Grove

Nothing ought to be more weighed than the nature of books recommended by public authority. So recommended, they soon form the character of the age. — Edmund Burke

My childhood was spent with dogs, and I work with dogs surrounding me. This relationship is hardly unique - man-and-dog stories date back to ancient history, up to 10,000 years ago - but it feels that way to me. I used to have a love-hate relationship with dog stories because some got the dynamic right but most were dead wrong. — David Wroblewski

We must look to the native healers all over the world and study their methods ... Their methods are chemical and personal. It's a combination of care, attention, intention and chemistry that allows consciousness to be made malleable and recast in other forms. — Terence McKenna