Manuscriptorum Quotes & Sayings

Mass-market movies have become about one thing. They kind of declare themselves right off the bat ... But when I go to see (a film), I want to be surprised. I want to see something I never expected. And when you get that, it should be celebrated. — Tom Hanks

Terence McKenna says, "The culture is not your friend." I am not sure we can change this culture. But I think we can rise above it and create a new world. That's why I so deeply believe in alternative spaces. That's why I believe in the power of art and activism. — Eve Ensler

My dream is to one day own a country house on the shore in England, have gotten married, wipe some debt off and get a few more good films. — Matthew Goode

In academic life, false ideas are merely false, and useless ones can be fun to play with. — Michael Ignatieff

I don't try to make sense of suffering. I try to make sense of life...I try each day to see God's will...I console myself with the old Negro spiritual, 'Sooner will be done the troubles of this world. I'm going home to live with God. — Thea Bowman

For many, lack of achievement is more a consequence of fear of taking a chance and getting uncomfortable. — Stephen Richards

Evil is often supposed to be without rhyme or reason. — Terry Eagleton

I think most of us would be horrified to meet ourselves and discover what everyone else already knows about us. — Bill Watterson

tried to keep smiling. Truc took the beer from her and stood there in the pale rectangle of light. The dogs were quiet beside — Kristin Hannah

So let us then try to climb the mountain, not by stepping on what is below us, but to pull us up at what is above us, for my part at the stars; amen. — M.C. Escher

Dasein is a being that does not simply occur among other beings. Rather it is ontically distinguished by the fact that in its being this being is concerned about its very being. Thus it is constitutive of the being of Dasein to have, in its very being, a relation of being to this being. — Martin Heidegger