Gene Deitch Quotes & Sayings

In 186 species showing that a huge variety of male traits are correlated with mating success, and the vast majority of these tests involve female choice. There is simply no doubt that female choice has driven the evolution of many sexual dimorphisms. Darwin was right after all. So far we've neglected two important questions: Why do females get to do the choosing while males must woo or fight for them? And why do females choose at all? To answer these questions we must first understand why organisms bother to have sex. — Jerry A. Coyne

The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once alive, this beast grows and grows, feeding on all the life around it, scouring the earth to find new sources of nourishment. This beast lives in each man who battens on female servitude. — Andrea Dworkin

I think the thing that is meaningful is when I can tell that someone's been affected by the movie or by anything I made. — Spike Jonze

If you want to succeed as much as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful. — Shanalia Brown

I'm a good learner. I can dig in. I knew nothing about mark-to-market accounting when I started the 'Enron' film. — Alex Gibney

The first essence of journalism is to know what you want to know, the second, is to find out who will tell you. — John Gunther

People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that's bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they're afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they're wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It's all in how you carry it. That's what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you're letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain. — Jim Morrison

You stole it all! My youth, my work! Everything! — Camille Claudel

When you're in the shit up to your neck, there's nothing left to do but sing. — Samuel Beckett

The dumbest question is one that is never asked. — Richard Fyler