Nelvana Of The Northern Quotes & Sayings

Those ruffians, the Gods, shan't have it all their own way,
her notion being that the Gods, who never lost a chance of hurting, thwarting and spoiling human lives were seriously put out if, all the same, you behaved like a lady. — Virginia Woolf

I think that my life changed at 50. Many things happened. Menopause, the end of youth and my daughter died that year after being a whole year in a coma. So I think that I changed and I became an elder at 50. — Isabel Allende

When gasoline and rubber are rationed, electric power and transport facilities are becoming increasingly scarce, and manpower shortages are developing, it is difficult for people to understand their increased use for other than the most vital needs of war. — William Lyon Mackenzie King

Interestingly, the word 'person' did not originally refer to the individual in the way we tend to use it today. Instead, 'person' came, via french, from the Latin word 'persona', which referred to the mask worn by tan actor to protray a particular character. In this theatrical sense, personality has to do with the role or character that the person plays in life's drama. The person's individuality, in this sense, is a matter of the roles or characters that he or she assumes. — Nick Haslam

Serenity of mind brings joy and happiness in life. — Debasish Mridha

My auditions for drama school were miserable, but one thing I had on my side, although I had no experience or skill or training, was that I wanted to learn everything. — Rupert Friend

The thing we're all looking for is happiness, and if we achieve just a modicum of that or even a little piece of serenity even for five minutes a day, we're very lucky. — Mel Gibson

Just tell me one boy, just one who at seven didn't aspire to be a hero or a fireman. — Miguel Delibes

of the race, untrammelled by the necessity of rigid adherence to the fact. The myths record the earliest attempt at an explanation of the world and its life; the fairy tale records the free and joyful — Hamilton Wright Mabie

I have an affinity for the law. I like looking at the small type on contracts, and if I could have afforded law school, I probably would have gone. — Octavia Spencer

When you want to find Truth as God, the only inevitable means is love, that is nonviolence. — Mahatma Gandhi

I knew I'd made it when my face appeared on a stamp. — Erin O'Connor

A woman is a fool that lives from penny to farthing and n'er looks to the possibility of loss. — Nancy E. Turner