Nelson Aldrich Quotes & Sayings

I conclude that the musical notes and rhythms were first acquired by the male or female progenitors of mankind for the sake of charming the opposite sex. — Charles Darwin

Hope is not like a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky ... hope is an ax you break down doors with in an emergency. — Rebecca Solnit

The main thing, when a sword cuts into one's soul, is to keep a calm gaze, lose no blood, accept the coldness of the sword with the coldness of a stone. By means of the stab, after the stab, become invulnerable. — Franz Kafka

I've certainly had a lot of experiences in my life where I was much too self-centered. — Matthew Perry

Arguments could fill a marriage like water, running through everything, always, with no taste or color but lots of noise. — Barbara Kingsolver

One of my first films was Zebrahead. I remember the producer asking me, "Can you handle the big lights?" And I thought, Do I want to be sarcastic, or do I want the job? So I said, "I don't handle the big lights, I just tell big men where to put the big lights and they do it." — Maryse Alberti

Boozing does not necessarily have to go hand in hand with being a writer ... I therefore solemnly declare to all young men trying to become writers that they do not actually have to become drunkards first. — Nelson W. Aldrich

All FILM directors are good actors, because you have to understand actors in order to program them. — Henry Johnson Jr

You have to exist in your own life. — Tina Boscha

In all I wish, how happy should I be,
Thou grand Deluder, were it not for thee?
So weak thou art that fools thy power despise;
And yet so strong, thou triumph'st o'er the wise. — Jonathan Swift

Before passage of this [Federal Reserve] Act, the New York Bankers could only dominate the reserves of New York. Now, we are able to dominate the bank reserves of the entire country. — Nelson W. Aldrich