Maxine Peake Quotes & Sayings

That's what I think our jobs as parents are, to educate as much as possible ... I tell them to follow their bliss. The people who follow their bliss in this world tend to be the more happier people. — Art Alexakis

I thought you'd say it might be a trap.'
'It might be trap,' he said.
'It doesn't feel like a trap.'
'Well it wouldn't, would it? Not if it was a good trap. — Philip Reeve

I don't do T&A very well because I haven't got much of either — Tea Leoni

Small moments can coexist with big moments and even back right up against each other. — Colin Trevorrow

You must buy on the way down. There is far more volume on the way down than on the way back up, and far less competition among buyers. It is almost always better to be too early than too late, but you must be prepared for price markdowns on what you buy. — Seth Klarman

Many people with physical disabilities have romantic lives and good marriages to partners who see past their disabilities and recognize all of the things they can do. — Jeanne Phillips

I'm not saying that 'Twilight' is, you know, some brilliant Oscar-winner, it's not 'Dr. Zhivago.' It's not trying to be. Because it is a female fantasy. I would argue that it's actually a universal fantasy. Which is, the fantasy being to be loved and cherished for exactly who you are. — Melissa Rosenberg

Maybe its time we get a toolbox that doesnt just count whats easily counted, the tangible in life, but actually counts what we most value, the things that are intangible. — Chip Conley

Attention is riveted on what is tangible, useful, instantly available; the stimulus for deeper thought and reflection may be lacking. Yet human beings have a vital need for time and inner quiet to ponder and examine life and its mysteries ... Understanding and wisdom are the fruit of a contemplative eye upon the world, and do not come from a mere accumulation of facts, no matter how interesting. — Pope John Paul II

Everyone says I should write a natural history or landscape book because if I have an area of amateur expertise, it is in those things. — Jim Crace

it was almost sad how much stronger the bad times bonded you then the good, welded you together by the heat of brimstone. — Donna Augustine

To-day we live so cowed under the bombardment of this intellectual artillery(the media) that hardly anyone can attain to the inward detachment that is required for a clear view of the monstrous drama. The will-to-power operating under a pure democratic disguise has finished off its masterpiece so well that the object's sense of freedom is actually flattered by the most thorough-going enslavement that has ever existed — Oswald Spengler

You know you're closest to Heaven in your life, when Hell throws everything it has to try and stop you from reaching your dreams. — A.M. Sawyer