Mavrikis Nashua Quotes & Sayings

Maybe life is random, but I doubt it. — Steven Tyler

The traditional joke stereotype of the board is 'the unworthy appointed by the unwilling for the unnecessary'. — Bob Garratt

To die trying would be better than to die without purpose. — Lauren DeStefano

Movies are something people see all over the world because there is a certain need for it. — Wim Wenders

When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective. — George C. Marshall

We live our lives based on the assumption that we directly perceive, and are accurately interpreting, objects with a fair amount of accuracy. Since we naturally assume that we are apprehending objects of cognition as best as possible, it does not occur to us that we are purposely twisting the object before our eyes to fit our own convenience. — Tagawa Shun'ei

A trap screenwriters can fall into is making scripts that are good reads, which doesn't necessarily mean it will make a good film. — Peter Straughan

People who are open about their own faults, especially, often want to ferret out "inner feelings" beneath the surface and expose any falsehood, and they think that it's in their inner feelings that the truth lies. But I don't think that's the truth. — Mamoru Hosoda

It's just what they are - they're jokes ... most jokes are about Jewish people, rednecks, black folks ... I can't determine what offends another person. — Paula Deen

Ove stomped forward. The cat stood up. Ove stopped. They stood there measuring up to each other for a few moments, like two potential troublemakers in a small-town bar. Ove considered throwing one of his clogs at it. The cat looked as if it regretted not bringing its own clogs to lob back. — Fredrik Backman

The New Atheists believe that science replaces the claims about the world that religion makes - and therefore makes religion redundant. Some of them think that a whole new moral system should be based on science. That's sounding more and more like religion itself to me. But the other unsettling way in which Humanism imitates religion - and perhaps the most notable one in the case of the New Atheists - is its claim that people who do not share its beliefs are not only mistaken but also deluded and perhaps even evil. The line I quoted above about opposition to evolution being a sign of insanity and possibly wickedness comes, of course, from Richard Dawkins.
[Curb your enthusiasm] — Michael Ruse

I don't think there is enough respect in general for the time it takes to write consistently good fiction. Too many people think they will master writing overnight, or that they are as good as they will ever be. — Tananarive Due