Misery Kathy Bates Quotes & Sayings

Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns. — Jeff Goodell

She was more of a business partner to him than anything else. Some of her appreciated that. But rustling yet within her was another person who wanted to bathe and perfume herself ... and be taken, carried away, and peeled back by a force she could sense, but never articulate, even dimly within her mind. — Robert James Waller

Tea is my best drink. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Knowledge has always been important, of course. The ancient Egyptians did not raise the stones for the pyramids relying on the incantations of their gods. The waters in the irrigation canals of the great Indus Civilisation did not flow according to the laws of ignorance. Knowledge has always been power and wealth. — Mahathir Mohamad

His toes wriggle in his socks and my first thought is, I want to snip them off with hedge trimmers. Not only does he not deserve to wriggle his toes, he does not deserve to have toes. He deserves to gave stumps. He cannot be trusted with toes because they enable him to walk and thus seek out the company of crack dealers. Kathy Bates's character completed understood this concept in Misery. — Augusten Burroughs

These people who were supposed to be my family, who had conspired to look enough like me to serve as a critique of my appearance ... — Ben Marcus

I look to see what things I enjoy doing and just try to figure out how to spend my time doing things that I enjoy. — Paul Buchheit

We take it for granted that life is hard and feel lucky to have whatever happiness we get. We do not look upon happiness as a birthright, nor do we expect it to be more than peace or contentment. Real joy, the state in which the Yequana spend much of their lives, is exceedingly rare among us. — Jean Liedloff

When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave. — Robbie Coltrane

The first step is to admit you're powerless. You have an addiction, and you can't stop. The first step is to tell your story, all the worst parts. Your lowest lows. — Chuck Palahniuk