John Sturges Quotes & Sayings

If there's one country that can be trusted to understand the complexity of history, it's Israel. — Donald Tusk

The idea is that in any situation, people have a notion as to who they are and how they should behave. And if you don't behave according to your identity, you pay a cost. — George Akerlof

I loved all movies, literally. I certainly loved 'Shane' and 'Roxie Hart.' Later on, when I was less of a kid, I loved 'L'Avventura' and 'Persona' and all Fellini movies and like everybody else I loved John Ford. Then and now, I loved Preston Sturges, maybe above anyone. — Mike Nichols

Never mind our plan," Khione snarled. "Kill her!" As the Boreads raised their swords, — Rick Riordan

As Titanic began production, there was an immediate chemistry between Barbara and myself - a lot of looks across the room. At this point Barbara Stanwyck was a legendary actress, universally respected for her level of craft and integrity. She also had the most valuable thing a performer can have: good taste. Besides a long list of successful bread-and-butter pictures, Barbara had made genuine classics for great directors: The Bitter Tea of General Yen and Meet John Doe for Frank Capra, Stella Dallas for King Vidor, The Lady Eve for Preston Sturges, Ball of Fire for Howard Hawks, and Double Indemnity for Billy Wilder. Barbara carried her success lightly; her attitude was one of utter professionalism and no noticeable temperament. As far as she was concerned, she was simply one of a hundred or so people gathered to make a movie - no more, no less. — Robert Wagner

I'm not making any money, but I view it as some sort of investment, or like buying myself a great present. — Christopher Owens

If you follow your heart, you're going to find that it is often extremely inconvenient. — Pema Chodron

My filmmaking education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from books and magazines, and with the new technology you can watch entire movies accompanied by audio commentary from the director. You can learn more from John Sturges' audio track on the 'Bad Day at Black Rock' laserdisc than you can in 20 years of film school. Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it. — Paul Thomas Anderson

When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature then we the pedant. — Confucius

If there ever was a time in our evolution of consciousness it is now - the ground is prepared for this planting. — Dorothy Maclean

[In Moscow] we got through to [Soviet leaders] Brezhnev and Kosygin on the telephone. I think it was because nobody had ever tried to call them at home before. — Ross Perot

People search for the inner meanings of life instead of living it to the fullest. Life is too beautiful to be analyzed. Living is a spontaneous response meant to be taken in a stride. — Adhish Mazumder

I wanted to speak my conscience and have it matter. — Sue Monk Kidd

A true marketplace is a treasure of long tail products. — Saurabh Pandey