Quotes & Sayings About Mlb Opening Day

Hollywood can be brutal, inhuman, the opposite of what the theatre is, and I had little desire to be part of it. — Joyce DeWitt

It was as though some huge force were pressing down upon you - something that penetrated inside your skull, battering against your brain, frightening you out of your beliefs, persuading you, almost, to deny the evidence of your senses. In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality, was tacitly denied by their philosophy. The heresy of heresies was common sense. — George Orwell

Let me share a famous life history with you. This was a man who failed in business at the age of twenty-one; was defeated in a legislative race at age twenty-two; failed again in business at age twenty-four; had his sweetheart die when he was age twennty-six; had a nervous breakdown at age twenty-seven; lost a congressional race at age thirty-four; lost a senatorial race at age forty-five; failed in an effort to become vice-president at age forty-seven; lost a senatorial race at age forty-nine; and was elected president of the United States at age fifty-two. This man was Abraham Lincoln. — Shiv Khera

I was born in Detroit. I never really saw myself working in comics, I just fell into it. But it's been one of the best things to happen to a kid from Detroit. — Dwayne McDuffie

At no time and in no circumstances should a Communist place his personal interests first; he should subordinate them to the interests of the nation and of the masses. Hence, selfishness, slacking, corruption, seeking the limelight, and so on, are most contemptible, while selflessness, working with all one's energy, whole-hearted devotion to public duty, and quiet hard work will command respect. — Mao Zedong

It is much more difficult to know what is fair than what is unfair — Michael Josephson

Oh, right. Of course. Well hey, if you happen to run into a vagina, ask it to invite you in for a little conversation. And by conversation, I mean sexual intercourse! — Brittainy C. Cherry

I would prefer it if people thought that I didn't work hard, that I just played the guitar for three minutes a week and was like, 'Check out this song - what do you think?' That would be ideal. I would prefer telling people that I'm just truly talented. — Julian Casablancas

No behaviour on our part is more self-centered than the demand to speak and the refusal to listen. — Robert E. Fisher

I believe that living on the edge, living in and through your fear, is the summit of life, and that people who refuse to take that dare condemn themselves to a life of living death. — John H. Johnson

I don't think comedians make an active decision to be a certain "persona." Comedians write the way they're going to write. — Jim Gaffigan

Those who invest only to get rich will fail. Those who invest to help others will probably succeed. — Arthur Fry

The best thing about having four big brothers is you always have someone to do something for you. — Chloe Grace Moretz

We just sat there on the sofa and looked at each other, a kind of unspoken mutual understanding filling the silence. — Cally Taylor