Gamemakers Quotes & Sayings

Prosecutors are all used to people who commit fraud making wild accusations when they're caught. — Eric Schneiderman

The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

The reader is a friend, not an adversary, not a spectator. — Jonathan Franzen

Yes, they have to have a victor. Without a victor, the whole thing would blow up in the Gamemakers' faces. They'd have failed the Capitol. Might possibly even be executed, slowly and painfully, while the cameras broadcast it to every screen in the country. — Suzanne Collins

The winds of time eventually turn them into the tools of industrial civillisation. It's never unscathed. — Hayao Miyazaki

At a family occasion in the 1990s, I met a relative by marriage who had spent time in Auschwitz. Within seconds of meeting me he clenched my wrist and recounted this story. A group of men had been eating in silence when one of them slumped over dead. The others fell on his body, still covered in diarrhea, and pried a piece of bread from his fingers. As they divided it, a fierce argument broke out when some of the men felt their share was an imperceptible crumb smaller than the others'. To tell a story of such degradation requires extraordinary courage, backed by a confidence that the hearer will understand it as an accounting of the circumstances and not of the men's characters. — Steven Pinker

I have not lost [Allah's] hope in us to show compassion where none exists and to extend mercy in the most difficult of circumstances. We as Muslims must lead by example — Muhammad Ali

What you do in your dreams is never your choice. But it made me happy anyway. — Sarah Dessen

No viewer could turn away from the show now. From the Gamemakers' point of view, this is the final word in entertainment. — Suzanne Collins

I don't want to get into a 'he said, she said' with the refs ... I'm the he. — Chris Pronger

Upon the present occasion London was full of clergymen. The specially clerical clubs, the Oxford and Cambridge, the Old University, and the Athenaeum, were black with them. — Anthony Trollope

New York is a fabled city, a fabulous city. — Italo Calvino

Let us take our children seriously! Everything else follows from this ... only the best is good enough for a child. — Zoltan Kodaly

We each get fifteen minutes before the Gamemakers to amaze them with our skills, but I don't know what any of us might have to show them. There's a lot of kidding about it at lunch. What we might do. Sing, dance, strip, tell jokes. Mags, who i can understand a little better now, decides she's just going to take a nap. — Suzanne Collins

When man violates man's laws, we send him to jail and point the finger of scorn at him. When he violates nature's laws, we send him to a hospital, give him flowers, and feel sorry for him. — B. J. Palmer

God allows us to have a personal relationship with himself and he forgives and loves us as children. If God forgives our such great sins against his Son should we not forgive such little sins against ourselves? — Greg Gordon

It's the final word in camouflage. Forget chucking weights around. Peeta should have gone into his private session with the Gamemakers and painted himself into a tree. Or a boulder. Or a muddy bank full of weeds. — Suzanne Collins

With acting, you see some of the kids are literally just off the street, untrained, and they are great. And others are off the street, untrained, and kind of horrible. — Patton Oswalt

I love England. I live and work here. My children have grown up here. I see no conflict between this and praying that my countrymen in Scotland never have to live another day under Conservative rule from London. — John Niven