Moorcock Norland Quotes & Sayings

And with listening, too, it seems to me, it is not the ear that hears, it is not the physical organ that performs the act of inner receptivity. It is the total person who hears. Sometimes the skin seems to be the best listener, as it prickles and thrills, say to a sound or a silence; or the fantasy, the imagination: how it bursts into inner pictures as it listens and then responds by pressing its language, its forms, into the listening clay. To be open to what we hear, to be open in what we say. — Mary Caroline Richards

Everyone is so frightened of change," I say before smiling sincerely at the broken man. "You remind me of my uncle. — Pierce Brown

I was lost... lost in a practical world... an ornament with a heart. — Barbara Payton

The function of pop music is to be consumed. — Pierre Boulez

Walking and talking are two very great pleasures, but it is a mistake to combine them. Our own noise blots out the sounds and silences of the outdoor world; and talking leads almost inevitably to smoking, and then farewell to nature as far as one of our senses is concerned. The only friend to walk with is one who so exactly shares your taste for each mood of the countryside that a glance, a halt, or at most a nudge, is enough to assure us that the pleasure is shared. — C.S. Lewis

We associate the North Atlantic with cod. The motto of Newfoundland used to be 'In cod we trust.' It was a joke, but it was essentially true. But there is no cod anymore. And that's extraordinary. It's all because of either greed or politics - Canadian politics. — Simon Winchester

When you see yourself on video, you and your friends spending time on vacation, and they take a video, and then you see it, it's really disturbing. — Marion Cotillard

I want to come home. Not just for a few days or a couple weeks. I want to stay. Can I stay?"
Cam drew off his sunglasses, and his eyes, smoke-gray, met Seth's. "What the hell's the matter with you that you think you have to ask? You trying to piss me off?"
"I never had to try, nobody does with you. Anyway, I'll pull my weight."
"You always pulled your weight. And we missed seeing your ugly face around here."
And that, Seth thought as they walked to the car, was all the welcome he needed from Cameron Quinn. — Nora Roberts

He was a tornado, changing every second, beautiful and dangerous and unpredictable. But she loved storms. Always had. — Sarah Noffke

It's easier to go from theatre to film than the other way round. In film you're absolutely loved and cossetted and cared for. In film your director makes your performance. In theatre you're carrying it all. — Ian McKellen

Vote tonight?" "I did not apply for — Jeffrey Archer

Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it. — Evel Knievel

If you can kill animals, the same attitude can kill human beings. The mentality is the same which exploits nature and which creates wars. — Satish Kumar