Nicolas Slonimsky Quotes & Sayings

If you're going to be lucky you've got to think lucky. — Luke Appling

Loki in 'Thor' is the most incredible springboard into a sort of excavation of the darker aspects of human nature. So that was thrilling, coming back knowing that I'd built the boat and now I could set sail into choppier waters. — Tom Hiddleston

War is the trade of Kings. — John Dryden

The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures, but a performance of the culture in which we live and are increasingly taking our being. — William Irwin Thompson

The first sequel thing I wrote was this 'Forever Dawn' thing that will never get out, because it's horrid. But it's a really good outline for 'Breaking Dawn' - it's very similar. I knew what I was doing, which is good, because I think if I hadn't, there might have been a lot of pressure. — Stephenie Meyer

I shook myself, trying to figure out what I should do and who I should be. Defaulting to pragmatic me was easiest because it was where I lived most of the time. I was good at bottling my frustrations and disappointments, especially when they didn't really matter.
- brought tears to my eyes btw - — Penny Reid

It's not just global warming, it's not just a loss of biodiversity, it's not just the pollution of our oceans and the clearing of our rainforests and all these complicated systems, The [11th Hour] movie talks about the world economy, it talks about politics, it talks about personal transformation and environmental consciousness that we need to have in this generation to implement a lot of these changes that need to occur. — Leonardo DiCaprio

To believe in moments makes life endless, no? — Meia Geddes

I treat my little heart like a sick child: whatever it wishes for is granted. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Man to the last is but a froward child;
So eager for the future, come what may,
And to the present so insensible. — Samuel Rogers

I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve President Obama and the country and proud of the progress we've made toward rebuilding trust in our financial system and moving our economy closer to recovery. It was a privilege to work with such a fine group of people at the White House and across the administration. — Diana Farrell

You don't learn to write by going through a series of preset writing exercises. You learn to write by grappling with a real subject that truly matters to you. — Ralph Fletcher

I was walking down the street. something caught my eye, and dragged it fifteen feet. — Emo Philips

Her laugh was great. I wanted to look at her nameplate over her shirt pocket. But I didn't want her to think I was looking at her breasts. I remembered them resting on the edge of the table when she took my photograph. I looked. Nice breasts. Her name was Roscoe. She glanced around quickly and moved closer to the bars. I sipped coffee. — Lee Child

In Seattle, they have a saying: 'If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes and then shoot yourself in the face.' — Doug Benson