Martells Quotes & Sayings

My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them. — Richard Branson

A tree without roots is just a piece of wood. — Marco Pierre White

You lose such a lot of time just sleeping ... when you might just be living! ... It seems such a pity we can't live nights too. — Eleanor Porter

That's the nice thing about being a live act. I can get the audience, but it's for the moment. It's like, 'Can I do it tonight?' And you can see when people like you. But on record - and with the pen - it's almost for all time. Really, a lot more thought has to go into it. — Phil Lynott

We learn through experience and experiencing, and no one teaches anyone anything. — Viola Spolin

In my heart of hearts I knew I was wrong. The World Cup was about to begin in the United States. The planet was interested in nothing else. And in any case, whatever happened in Rwanda, it would always be the same old story of blacks beating up on each other. Even Africans would say, during half-time of every match, "They're embarrassing us, they should stop killing each other like that." Then they'll go on to something else. [9-10] — Boubacar Boris Diop

Vanity Fair magazine reports that former President Clinton and Al Gore haven't spoken to each other since George W. Bush's inauguration. Not only that, Bill and his wife, Hillary, haven't spoken since Richard Nixon's inauguration. — Conan O'Brien

I knew I wanted to work in Cinemascope because I find it much more beautiful just in terms of the shape of the screen, the wider image, and it's also less like television, which is important. — Victor Levin

Whenever I read a passage that moves me, I transcribe it in my diary, hoping my fingers might learn what excellence feels like. — David Sedaris

Romantic art is always stylized: the better the art, the cleaner and more attractive and intelligent the stylization. — Ayn Rand

But what struck me was the book-madness of the place
books lay scattered across the unmade bed and the top of a battered-looking desk, books stood in knee-high piles on the floor, books were crammed sideways and right side up in a narrow bookcase that rose higher than my head and leaned dangerously from the wall, books sat in stacks on top of a dingy dresser. The closet door was propped open by a pile of books, and from beneath the bed a book stuck out beside the toe of a maroon slipper. — Steven Millhauser

Life is too short to surround yourself with people who aren't looking out for you. — Sharon Van Etten

I've always said that if you can get the best people who are good at what they do, but more importantly are passionate about what they do, you'll succeed. — Jim Bankoff

Books do not age as you or I do, they will speak on to generations we will never see. — Corrie Ten Boom