Lopata Fiskars Quotes & Sayings

In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out. — J.G. Ballard

In opera, there is always too much singing. — Claude Debussy

She squeezed her eyes shut. "No."
"Excuse me?"
She sniffed, opened her eyes then looked up. "No. I don't wish you to leave."
His eyes changed from lukewarm to hot.
The iron of the seat met her back. Oh yes, definitely she was the keeper at the zoo and she'd just offered her own leg, medium-rare, to the lion. — Cari Silverwood

You need as much ballast as possible to stop you from floating away; you need people around you, things going on, otherwise life is like some film where the money ran out, and there are no sets, or locations, or supporting actors, and it's just one bloke on his own staring into the camera with nothing to do and nobody to speak to, and who'd believe in this character then? — Nick Hornby

A Midsummer Night's Dream remains an enchanting work after four hundred years, but few would argue that it cuts to the very heart of human behaviour. What it does do is take, and give, a positive satisfaction in the joyous possibilities of verbal expression. — Bill Bryson

I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling. — Quentin Tarantino

Kvothe, Defend yourself well at the University. Make me proud. Remember your father's song. Be wary of folly. Your friend, Abenthy. — Patrick Rothfuss

And then it all came rushing back; that's when I realized I'll never stop having a thing for you. — Ahmed Mostafa

When you need me, but do not want me then I must stay. But when you want me but no longer need me, I have to go — Emma Thompson

The thing is that pictures are everywhere. The question is what we don't see, and why don't we see so much. I just see it. — Harold Feinstein

This notion of universal Windows apps is a very powerful concept because we're now aggregating the 300-plus-million-socket run rate of Windows into one opportunity for our developers. — Satya Nadella

I got a woman that's mean as she can be, sometimes I think she's almost as mean as me. — Roy Orbison

We're so afraid to lose the audience. Let the audience go. — Robert Wilson

It's one thing to just play a tune, or play a program of music, but it's another thing to practically create a new language of music, which is what Kind of Blue did. — Chick Corea