Funny Frank Capra Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes you wonder, "How did I get myself into that scene? Why did I take that on?" You know, you couldn't really have done anything different at that time. Now maybe, if that comes around again, you might think twice, not think about it at all, or not do anything at all about it. But let it play itself out as it now presents itself. That's called being open to life's changes, however subtle or outrageous they come. — Art Hochberg

The book, and its offspring the periodical, which hold more knowledge than one human memory can retain, have long served as extensions to human memories. — Frederick G. Kilgour

I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life. — Sonia Sotomayor

I really don't think that the Oscar changed my career much because I didn't want it to. — Juliette Binoche

They want time to move fast so they can paint their nails a provocative red and wear high heels that crack walnuts and make people jump. He wants time to slow down so he can prolong the enjoyment of walking among them, of being next to this self-contained beauty. — Mahmoud Darwish

Never be ashamed to write a melody that people remember. — Burt Bacharach

But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible. — Nate Ruess

We all fall sometime, you're not the first. I know it hurts. In the end, you'll find what you deserve. — Alter Bridge

My recurring nightmare is that someday I will be faced with a panel: Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson all of whom will be telling me everything I got wrong about them. I know that Johnson's out there saying, 'Why is it that what you wrote about the Kennedys is twice as long as the book you wrote about me?' — Doris Kearns Goodwin

Uplift. Inspire. Elevate. Black Women Win! — Stephanie Lahart

Most people will shy away from killing people they haven't been introduced to. — Terry Pratchett

If you can capture a woman's imagination, then you will have her. But imagination is a strange creature. It needs time and distance to function properly. — Kathleen Tessaro

In our own time it has been seen ... that simple children, roughly brought up in the wilderness, have begun to draw by themselves, impelled by their own natural genius, instructed solely by the example of these beautiful paintings and sculptures of Nature. — Giorgio Vasari