Mum Shirl Quotes & Sayings

The stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies. — Rabindranath Tagore

We will live in this world, which for us has all the disquieting strangeness of the desert and of the simulacrum, with all the veracity of living phantoms, of wandering and simulating animals that capital, that the death of capital has made of us - because the desert of cities is equal to the desert of sand - the jungle of signs is equal to that of the forests - the vertigo of simulacra is equal to that of nature - only the vertiginous seduction of a dying system remains, in which work buries work, in which value buries value - leaving a virgin, sacred space without pathways, continuous as Bataille wished it, where only the wind lifts the sand, where only the wind watches over the sand. — Jean Baudrillard

I will gladly trade his freedom for a father. Have you one to give me? — George R R Martin

I love playing real people. It's a huge challenge and responsibility which I take on board and which I relish. It also scares me to death. Give me a totally fictional character and I don't have the same sort of responsibility. If, though, I play Sigmund Freud or Robert Maxwell or whoever then there is a responsibility. — David Suchet

Americans will respect your beliefs if you just keep them private. — Bill O'Reilly

In our house, the word of Louis B. Mayer became the law. — Judy Garland

I like taking a path into new country, and I always take the darker path. Not because it's dark, but because there's a secret there that you can share when you get out. That's what I liked as a kid. That's how I approach my work. With a face like mine, it's lucky I have a heart that likes that. — Amanda Plummer

All the minor sports injuries you acquire over the years begin to multiply like flies when you get over 70. — Peter O'Toole

I learned to yodel pretty well. It took me a few months, but I eventually perfected it. — Johnny Weissmuller

I'm the kind of director, at any given moment, an idea occurs to me, I'll just do it. — Wes Craven

If you see faults in others, look the other way. Don't linger on imperfection. — Frederick Lenz

Patents have long served as a fundamental cog in the American machine, cherished in our national soul. — James Gleick

It wasn't my tennis that made me lose, it was a lot of different things going on, high drama, high emotion. — Jennifer Capriati

Stay alive so you can tell. — Linda Katherine Cutting