Maxwell Taber Quotes & Sayings

I always thought that in modern history Chinese people are like a dish of sand, never really close together. But I think a dish of sand is a good metaphor because we have the Internet. We don't have to be physically united. You can be an individual and have your own set of values but join others in certain struggles. There is nothing more powerful than that. — Ai Weiwei

God gives everyone the same amount of talent. It's just up to you to korek (dig). — Yasmin Ahmad

To return to my own trees, I went among them often, acknowledging their presence with a touch of my hand against their trunks. — Ruskin Bond

I like people recognizing me. — Miguel Tejada

Temper, temper, wee English. 'Tis truly most becoming to you. — Karen Marie Moning

Marilyn Monroe gave more to the still camera than any actress, any woman I've ever photographed; infinitely more patient, more demanding of herself and more comfortable in front of the camera than away from it. — Richard Avedon

Rather than being afraid to ask for help, remember this: When you ask someone to help you, you are actually doing them a tremendous favor by giving them an opportunity to feel needed. — Richard Carlson

I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Nothing good ever comes of love. What comes of love is always something better — Roberto Bolano

Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title. — Thomas Paine

I think plays, like books, are endemic. They grow out of the soil of the writer and the place he's writing about. I think, you just can't move them about, you know. — Peter Shaffer

When I was about seven, I started touring the globe as part of New York's La MaMa theater company - without my parents! — Diane Lane