Grand Final Week Quotes & Sayings

It is ultimately your choices that decide your destiny. — Theodore Volgoff

I think it's always hard for people to get their head around the fact that populist, commercial films can also actually be great works of art. — Helen Mirren

I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out. I don't believe in just sitting down and trying to dream it all up yourself. Nobody's that smart. — Charlie Munger

Nevertheless, if we contemplate a society with a somewhat stable wage-unit, with national characteristics which determine the propensity to consume and the preference for liquidity, and with a monetary system which rigidly links the quantity of money to the stock of the precious metals, it will be essential for the maintenance of prosperity that the authorities should pay close attention to the state of the balance of trade. For a favourable balance, provided it is not too large, will prove extremely stimulating; whilst an unfavourable balance may soon produce a state of persistent depression. — John Maynard Keynes

Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

If you are not living each day with excitement, energy, and passion, then you are not living true to your life purpose. — Celestine Chua

It's very important to remember that it's your intellectual property; it's not your computer. And in the pursuit of protection of intellectual property, it's important not to defeat or undermine the security measures that people need to adopt in these days. — Stewart Baker

I like to read the papers. I make my living from football, and I like to know what's going on. — Xavi

What the fuck kind of cruel joke was this? Elsa stared at the last page for nearly a minute in dumbfounded shock and denial. If she hadn't stolen the damned thing, she would've demanded a refund. She felt like screaming at the top of her lungs, but instead, all that came out was lunatic laughter. She really was insane and Mr. Black was all to blame. — Ella Dominguez

Every time we give a musician the advice to give away the music and sell the T-shirt, we're saying, 'Don't make your living in this more elevated way. Instead, reverse this social progress, and choose a more physical way to make a living.' We're sending them to peasanthood, very much like the Maoists have. — Jaron Lanier

When I was in my teens, I was very, very keen on being the author of a book. What the book was was secondary. I wanted it to be in hardback. I didn't care how thick or thin it was, and I didn't actually care what it was about. — Tom Stoppard

When you recklessly mine the depths of your imagination, universal truths are freed to surface. — Joshua Emmet

Even an Englishman was niver improved by bein' blown up. — Finley Peter Dunne

Life was too short, no matter how long you lived.

-Ehlena's thoughts — J.R. Ward