Mallocakes Quotes & Sayings

I saw that, although they were at the mercy of the sweltering heat, or the pains of aging or poverty, they could tolerate these because their faith gave them the hope of being united in spirit with a supernatural presence.

I still denied that presence. My denial, I was realizing, was my armor; it allowed me to deflect a barrage of difficult questions. But it didn't answer those questions. It protected me from charlatans, yes, but it didn't fill my emptiness or give me direction. Doubt served a purpose, but it also prevented me from trusting anyone or anything. Without trust, how could I ever be happy? — Visakha Dasi

I'm totally crazy, I know that. I don't say that to be a smartass, but I know that that's the very essence of what makes my work good. And I know my work is good. Not everybody likes it, that's fine. I don't do it for everybody. Or anybody. I do it because I can't not do it. — Maurice Sendak

Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with. — Eli Roth

To be honest, I don't have much time to watch any movies. — John Woo

The classic problem as an entrepreneur is that they have a hard time delegating. But that's really crazy. Recruiting other executives is critical, so is dealing with customers and dealing with regulators. Those are functions that only the top founders can do. — Robert Pozen

Maybe America didn't need art and inner miracles. It had so many outer ones. The USA was a big operation, very big. The more it, the less we. — Saul Bellow

Any religion is forever in danger of petrifaction into mere ritual and habit, though ritual and habit be essential to religion. — T. S. Eliot

I don't mind being called tough, since I find in this racket it's the tough guys who lead the survivors. — Curtis LeMay

There's people who think what they need and what they deserve in their lives is a lot worse than what they actually do, so they get themselves involved in things that are needlessly painful: brutal relationships, abusive relationships. — Adam Duritz

I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor. — Anthony LaPaglia