Mondrian La Quotes & Sayings

What's it going to be then, eh? — Anthony Burgess

My mother used to tell me that Heaven never seals off all exits. — Lisa See

A quiet mediocrity is still to be preferred before a troubled superfluity. — John Suckling

Australia, to the rest of the world, is just far away, and Australia in the Thirties was the faraway of the faraway. — Baz Luhrmann

I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think. — Halle Berry

No one is so old that he cannot live yet another year, nor so young that he cannot die today. — Fernando De Rojas

Beauty being the best of all we know sums up the unsearchable and secret aims of nature. — Robert Bridges

When someone wants something then they should be aware that they are taking a risk. But this is precisely what makes life interesting. — Paulo Coelho

That the last two letters in her name were the first two in his, a silly thing he never mentioned to her but caused him to believe that they were bound together. — Jhumpa Lahiri

I do not make films which are prescriptive, and I do not make films that are conclusive. You do not walk out of my films with a clear feeling about what is right and wrong. They're ambivalent. You walk away with work to do. My films are a sort of investigation. They ask questions ... Sometimes I hear that some [Hollywood] studio is interested in me. Then they discover that this is the guy who works with no script, that there is no casting discussion, no interference, that I have the final cut, and that does it. — Mike Leigh

That was bad; i shouldn't have done that
to prevent you from entering a catatonic state
i am going to maintain a calm facial expression
with crinkly eyes and an overall friendly demeanor
i believe in a human being that is not upset
i believe if you are working i should not be insane
or upset
why am i ever insane or upset and not working?
i vacuumed the entire house this morning
i cleaned the kitchen and the computer room
and i made you a meat helmet with computer paper
the opportunity for change exists in each moment, all moments are alone
and separate from other moments, and there are a limited number of moments
and the idea of change is a delusion of positive or negative thinking
your hands are covering your face
and your body moves like a statue
when i try to manipulate an appendage
if i could just get you to cry tears of joy one more time — Tao Lin

Despite what people think, I was such a rule follower at school. I loved the whole slacker look, like, 'Hey, I don't care, whatever,' but if I didn't turn my homework in, I would panic. — Kristen Stewart

He who sits still in a house all the time may be the greatest vagrant of all; but the saunterer, in the good sense, is no more vagrant than the meandering river, which is all the while sedulously seeking the shortest course to the sea. — Henry David Thoreau

If I said to most of the people who auditioned, 'Good job, awesome, well done,' it would have made me actually look and feel ridiculous. It's quite obvious most of the people who turned up for this audition were hopeless. — Simon Cowell