John Gielgud Arthur Quotes & Sayings

When a writer tries to copy another writer, it's doomed to fail. — Sophie Hannah

There is some risk involved in action, there always is. But there is far more risk in failure to act. — Harry S. Truman

N MY early boyhood I was enraptured by the great fairytale illustrators of the period: Arthur Rackham, Edmond Dulac, Kay Nielsen. As a schoolboy, I was to discover Aubrey Beardsley, and I was extremely fond of an edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream with most imaginative drawings by Heath Robinson, — John Gielgud

We resonate with one another's sorrows because we are interconnected. Being whole and simultaneously part of a larger whole, we can change the world simply by changing ourselves. If I become a center of love and kindness in this moment, then in a perhaps small but hardly insignificant way, the world now has a nucleus of love and kindness it lacked the moment before. This benefits me and it benefits others. — Jon Kabat-Zinn

'Seconds' is very much about reaching out for the next thing after you've figured out the first thing. — Bryan Lee O'Malley

Being asked to play one of the butlers is like being picked to play for England. All you have to do is think of the great butlers from the past - Terry-Thomas in 'How To Murder Your Wife,' John Gielgud in 'Arthur' and Denholm Elliott in 'Trading Places.' — Mark Williams

Carpathian mountains; one of the wildest and least known portions of Europe. — Bram Stoker

The night can last twenty hours and even when the day finally breaks it never gets above a level of cold I call "fuck that" - as in you open the door, your face freezes instantly to the point where it hurts to speak, but manfully you manage to say "fuck that," before turning round, and going back to bed. — Mark Lawrence

I would never point a finger at anyone and say, 'They lived their life badly.' I take it as it comes and deal with each situation as it arrives. — Gillian Anderson

It's better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot. — Steven Pressfield

You'd be surprised at how powerful hope can be. — Shannon Messenger

The whelp of a wolf must prove a wolf at last, notwithstanding he may be brought up by a man. — Saadi

I always take hundreds and hundreds of pictures. I used to work for 'National Geographic,' and they gave us a lot of film. — Yann Arthus-Bertrand