Kirkcaldy Quotes & Sayings

Perhaps sex isn't of the body at all. Perhaps it is a function of language. — Zadie Smith

As a filmmaker, I always try not to concern myself with the outcome of things. I make the movie, and I do that as honestly and good as I can. I don't want to pollute my thoughts with what is going to happen with it afterwards, because I have to work inside-out. — Susanne Bier

When I was growing up, I fetishised New York City. It was the land of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, it was where Leonard Cohen wrote 'Chelsea Hotel', it was CBGBs and all the punk rock clubs. Artists and musicians lived there, and it was cheap and dangerous. — Moby

I want to do something for Kirkcaldy and Fife. I am a full-time MP, not a businessman. — Gordon Brown

Everywhere I step, I find only corners," Father whispered. "Slowly, they trap me. — Brandon Sanderson

It is the human things that make life good, the unexpected kindness, the friendly note, the bracing word, the neighbour's extra loaf of bread she leaves at our back door. — Stevie Ray Vaughan

Idealists are either blind or clowns; because they think it is possible to have a beautiful world with asshole creatures like humans. — M.F. Moonzajer

You could say singing is in our genes. Both our parents sang and made up songs constantly. — Isaac Hanson

For the first time American astronauts on the International Space Station ate vegetables grown in space. In other words, even space is getting more rain than California. — Conan O'Brien

Personally, I don't know what I'd do without films. — Nico Mirallegro

I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European. — Lasse Hallstrom

Because noir isn't really a new thing at all. It's just a fairy tale with guns. Your hardscrabble detective is nothing more than a noble knight with a cigarette and a disease where his heart should be. He talks prettier, that's all. He's no less idealistic - there're good women and bad women, good jobs and bad jobs. Justice and truth are always worth seeking. He pulls his fedora down like the visor on a suit of armour. He serves his lord faithfully whether he wants to or not. And he is in thrall to the idea of a woman. It's just that in detective stories, women are usually dead before the curtain goes up. In fairy tales, they're usually alive. — Catherynne M Valente