Jemiah Jones Quotes & Sayings

He [Paolo Sarpi] was one of the two foremost Italian statesmen since the Middle Ages, the other being Cavour . — Andrew Dickson White

I'm a huge David Lindsay-Abaire fan. If I could write, I would want to write like him. — Tate Donovan

An existential faith is a hot, committed view of the world layered into the affective dispositions, habits and institutional priorities of its confessors. The intensity of commitment to it typically exceeds the power of the arguments and evidence advanced. On my reading, then, each thinker listed above is a carrier of a distinctive existential faith. The faith in which each is invested has not yet been established in a way that rules out of court every perspective except it. It is a contestable faith. This is not to deny that impressive, comparative considerations might be offered on its behalf, or that it might be subjected to critical interrogations that press its advocates to adjust this or that aspect of it. An existential faith is not immune to new argument and evidence, as I will try to show; commitment to it, rather, is seldom exhausted by them. — Ian Shapiro

As fascinated as I was by words on paper, it was matched by my fascination with words in people's mouths. The spoken word. And that is the world of theatre. — Athol Fugard

The present relationship existing between husband and wife, where one claims a command over the actions of the other, is nothing more than a remnant of the old leaven of slavery. It is necessarily destructive of refined love; for how can a man continue to regard as his type of the ideal a being whom he has, be denying an equality of privilege with himself, degraded to something below himself? — Herbert Spencer

Art arises from loss. I wish this weren't the case. I wish that every time I met a new woman and she rocked my world, I was inspired to write my ass off. But that is not what happens. What happens is we lie around in bed eating chocolate and screwing. Art is what happens when things don't work out, when you're licking your wounds. Art is, to a larger extent than people would like to think, a productive licking of the wounds. — Steve Almond

I know you're not here, I can see it in your eyes when we talk. Where ever you are, come back soon — Iain Thomas

You know," she confided, "your recipe for Cajun Chicken Pasta? On page twenty-eight?" She nodded toward the book I'd just signed for her.
"Yes?"
"Totally works with skim milk instead of heavy cream." She nodded proudly. "Not that I tried the cream version. I'm sure in a blind taste test that's the one I'd prefer, but skim works!"
I imagined the dish, using milk in the pan with the chicken fond, sun-dried tomatoes, oregano, and blackening spice, and could see where the milk would reduce into a nice thick sauce. — Beth Harbison

I really like going to see movies. I know that's super boring but it's true! — Jess Weixler

I never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer. — Jon Krakauer

We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare. — Uta Hagen

Contradiction is the seed of conciousness. I knew, from the pain of contradiction, that I was. And what I was. — Joss Whedon

You fucked up, mate. Looks like you're a goner. — Mick Wall

The music had carried her away, to another time and another place, when she was young and in love and the future still sparkled with possibility. — Elizabeth Hall