Millhiser Inc Quotes & Sayings

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret. — Henri Frederic Amiel

What you are longing for is longing for you. — Ralph Marston

From him [Death] alone of all the powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof. — Aeschylus

When a scene is being shot, it is very difficult to know what one wants it to say, and even if one does know, there is always a difference between what one has in mind and the result on film. — Michelangelo Antonioni

the stone for my month a nice aquamarine — James Joyce

The Gingerbread House sat sullenly in the downpour. — Marlys Millhiser

In many states, voters didn't get to choose their own members of Congress. Members of Congress got to choose their own voters. — Ian Millhiser

Homesickness is a great teacher. It taught me, during an endless rainy fall, that I came from the arid lands, and like where I came from. I was used to dry clarity and sharpness in the air. I was used to horizons that either lifted into jagged ranges or rimmed the geometrical circle of the flat world. I was used to seeing a long way. I was used to earth colors
tan, rusty red, toned white
and the endless green of Iowa offended me. I was used to a sun that came up over mountains and went down behind other mountains. I missed the color and smell of sagebrush, and the sight of bare ground. — Wallace Stegner

I don't want to die thinking I've only done one thing in my life. — Maggie Cheung

Legalized drugs would cause dislocations in the US economy - the prison industry for example and tens of billions spent annually on drug enforcement. But because the US economy is so large, this would be a minor blow, hardly as severe as the ultimate nightmare for the US economy, global peace, which would shutter its death industry commonly called the military/industrial complex. — Charles Bowden