Marikos Quotes & Sayings

I'm tired of being what everyone else has made me," I said. "I want to be myself." "Don't be a child." I looked up, startled and angry, though of course there was nothing to see. "What?" "You are what your creators and experiences have made you, like every other being in this universe. Accept that and be done; I'm tired of your whining. — N.K. Jemisin

I've got a great eye for color. I'm like a chick. — Adam Carolla

Money's supposed to fix problems, not give you more, but I guess life ain't that straightforward. — Erin Bowman

Minds do not leap. Observation, evaluation, and iteration, not sudden shifts of perception, solve problems and lead us to creation. — Kevin Ashton

I increasingly see organized religion as actually my enemy. They treat me as their enemy. Not all Christians, of course. Not all Jews, not all Muslims. — Ian McKellen

My major contribution to the format was to suggest that I be able to step out of the plot and speak directly to the audience, and then be able to go right back into the action. That was an original idea of mine; I know it was because I originally stole it from Thornton Wilder's play Our Town. — George Burns

If Athens shall appear great to you, consider then that her glories were purchased by valiant men, and by men who learned their duty. — Pericles

courage is the gift of character — Euripides

It's tough to make a good movie. I think the bigger the movies are, the worse they are. A lot of big movies make a lot of money and you kind of forget about what they are and they don't really make you think. — Christian Bale

People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer: I try to tell the truth about the human condition, the truth as I see it. This answer seems to satisfy everyone, but it is not quite correct. — Ingmar Bergman

Civilized men arrived in the Pacific, armed with alcohol, syphilis, trousers, and the Bible. — Havelock Ellis