Hayakawa Actor Quotes & Sayings

The tyrant is nothing but a slave turned inside out. — Herbert Spencer

The purpose of pruning is to improve the quality of the roses, not to hurt the bush. — Florence Littauer

Players have responsibilities, because, whether they like it or not, they are public figures. They have to be aware that the people who come to the ground spend fortunes in relation to what they earn. — Gerard Houllier

When all else failed, she tried being reasonable. — Terry Pratchett

In the case of drama (stage, movies, television ), there appear to be people in almost every audience who never quite fully realize that a play is a set of fictional, symbolic representations. An actor is one who symbolizes other people, real or imagined. [ ... ] Also some years ago it was reported that when Edward G. Robinson, who used to play gangster roles with extraordinary vividness, visited Chicago, local hoodlums would telephone him at his hotel to pay their professional respects. — S.I. Hayakawa

I'm not going to go into operational matters obviously. — Kevin Andrews

Playing God is actually the highest expression of human nature. The urges to improve ourselves, to master our environment, and to set our children on the best path possible have been the fundamental driving forces of all of human history. Without these urges to 'play God', the world as we know it wouldn't exist today. — Ramez Naam

People forget that when you're 16, you're probably more serious than you'll ever be again. You think seriously about the big questions. — John Hughes

From a psychoanalytical point of view, we start discovering the world through our mouths in the very first stage of our lives, when we're just born. — Shakira

You left them alone and they grew too strong for thee. Hadst fought them as a man, thou couldst have conquered them and been one, honored among thy townspeople. But thou had not the soul to fight them and behold thou hast gone down until thou art a slave in Syria. — George S. Clason

That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness. — Lupe Fiasco

Few players have cast a spell across the game like Yao Ming, before or since. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Everyday, day & night, we hear the lies that September 11th is the worst tragedy, worst accident, and worst crime to ever been committed on American soil. We bear witness that the worst crime, the worst tragedy, that has ever taken place on American soil is not September 11th. It's not the twin towers. It's the holocaust that black folks been dealing with for 400 years. — Malik Zulu Shabazz

Every thread you discover in the local web of life leads beyond your place to life elsewhere. — Scott Sanders

Children's books are written to be read, adult books are written to be talked about at cocktail parties — Lloyd Alexander