Fireside Chat Quotes & Sayings

I have made a career of creating characters who fight school authority and chomp at the bit to get out into the 'real' world and live their lives, mostly because that's the kind of teenager I was. — Chris Crutcher

I wanted the world to sit back, listen up, and let me explain to it that when someone is sad and hopeless, the last thing they need to feel is that they are the only ones in the world with that feeling. So, if you feel sorry for someone, don't pretend to be happy. Don't pretend to care only about their problems. — John Corey Whaley

Years ago I learned to be totally responsible for Dionne Warwick. I will not wait for opportunities. I will create them. — Dionne Warwick

You are too alive to bury yourself at this age, Jade. Don't do it - it won't work anyway. — Lada Ray

So what. He was made of awesome. Anyone who couldn't see that wasn't smart enough to be with him, anyway. — Gena Showalter

Whoever has freed himself from envy and bitterness may begin to try to see things as they are. — John Lancaster Spalding

Until a person has failed significantly or missed the boat, they will not know how to hold the tension until the right moment or how to test the waters before pushing on. — Michael Meade

I grew up in Cleveland and started doing plays in high school. And I went to the University of Illinois, and I majored in drama. And after school, I went up to Chicago, because I didn't really know anybody in New York or Los Angeles, and I knew people who were doing plays in Chicago. — Alan Ruck

When men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place. — Pearl S. Buck

Losing him hurts more than anything I've ever felt before. But losing you? Ox, if anything happened to you, it would kill me. There is no point for me if you're not here. So no. You're not going. You're going to stay here because I love you more than anything in this goddamn world and I don't fucking care if you're pissed. I don't care if you hate me because of it. As long as I know you're safe, then that's all that matters. That's why, you bastard." I — T.J. Klune

I feel sympathy for the working class lad. I've always championed about ticket prices and try to equate that to people's salaries. — Alex Ferguson

There was a point when comics were considered to be mainly of interest to kids, and it was decided that kids could relate more to someone their own age than an adult. So suddenly all these previously grownup comics were lousy with sidekicks: Aquagirl, Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash, Speedy, Stripesy ... the list goes on. — J. Michael Straczynski

Parents are like God because you wanna know they're out there, and you want them to think well of you, but you really only call when you need something. — Chuck Palahniuk

No man in the world acts up to his own standard of right. — Thomas B. Macaulay