Funny Mary Pickford Quotes & Sayings

People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education. — Nina Bawden

A woman is more responsive to a man's forgetfulness than to his attentions. — Jules Janin

While all the other kids were out playing ball and stuff, I used to stay in my room and imagine that there was a camera in the wall. And I used to really believe that I was putting on a television show and that it was going out to somewhere in the world. — Andy Kaufman

Once you have resolved to embrace the ideology of positive thinking, you will find a way to interpret virtually any eventuality as a justification for thinking positively. You need never spend time considering how your actions might go wrong. — Oliver Burkeman

Consumerism, what kind of car you have, what kind of house you have in the country and so on, and that is all very incidental when you examine the kind of person he may be. He may be a big bore, and then there is a person who hasn't done a thing in the world and he is a fascinating person. — Emilio Pucci

There is no revival possible in any fellowship without a price being paid. — Alan Redpath

Sit with a merchant or sit with a beggar, and it'll always be the beggar who buys your first drink. — R. Scott Bakker

The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, The children are now working as if I did not exist. — Maria Montessori

Imagine what it must be like for teenagers who don't feel they have room to breathe in their own homes. If you are a parent reading this book, you care about your child. If she is quirky, unusual, or nonconformist, ask yourself whether you are doing everything you can to nurture her unusual interests, style, or skills, or whether instead you are directly or subtly pushing her to hide them. — Alexandra Robbins

As is so often the case with a legend, every incident has two possible interpretations, the plausible and the one that is molded to suit the making of the myth. Man is a romantic at heart and will always put aside dull, plodding reason for the excitement of an enigma. As Doc had pointed out, mystery, not logic, is what gives us hope and keeps us believing in a force greater than our own insignificance. — Bryce Courtenay

Love is an interesting thing. Perhaps I've never been in love before - I don't really know? I think I have. I guess it's subjective in that way. — Lady Gaga

Yes, believe me I am black and blue. Plus I just finished a Seth MacFarlane movie called Ted and I can't believe the cast I got to work with there [Mila Kunis, Mark Wahlberg]. I feel like I am winning some kind of contest to trick people into working with me. — Joel McHale

The idea that somebody is going to come in and make your debt go away and all be well for the future is really a fantasy. — Victoria Moran

Bodily haste and exertion usually leave our thoughts very much at the mercy of our feelings and imagination. — George Eliot