Niederer Quotes & Sayings

'Smart', in American usage, is slicker and sharper than 'intelligent'; faster off the mark and quicker on its feet than deep thought. — Mal Peet

I change my keyboard between every book. I usually shop around. I'm very passionate about the physical feel of pressing the keys. It's got to have the right springiness. I tend to find the built-in keys very unsatisfying, the keys are low-profile and don't really do anything - I want it to feel like I'm typing. — John Green

Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way. — Oprah Winfrey

What I do find surprising is that other people do not think in the same way. I find it hard to imagine a world where numbers and words are not how I experience them! — Daniel Tammet

If you want to know the value of a second, ask the person who just crossed the road at the wrong time and barely escaped being hit by a speeding car. — Sunday Adelaja

I'm a very good sleeper. — Helena Bonham Carter

Don't count Jennifer among my mistakes. She had a severe infection and precious little reserve. Nevertheless, I think of her often. Those minutes of terror and confusion I felt standing powerless in her room served as a visceral reminder throughout my training ... that the big picture isn't enough in medicine ... — Lisa Sanders

Let him into the mire and muck of our world. For only if we let him in can he pull us out. — Max Lucado

O Lord, Sir - when a heroine goes mad she always goes into white satin. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan

I'll try anything ... I'll even try Limburger cheese! — Thomas A. Edison

The Fascist State lays claim to rule in the economic field no less than in others; it makes its action felt throughout the length and breadth of the country by means of its corporate, social, and educational institutions, and all the political, economic, and spiritual forces of the nation, organised in their respective associations, circulate within the State. — Benito Mussolini

If you're doing six takes, instead of doing six variations on the same words, why not just throw out the words and make them up as you go along, if you're comfortable with it? It gives the movies a slightly rangier feeling, and more of an accidental feel, but it also makes them edgier. — Harold Ramis

Some actors don't mind it. Those who are pretty. They think it's nice to be looked at because they are nice to look at. I appreciate that. I'm very happy to salute that aspiration. But I don't like the way I look so I don't like being photographed. I become defensive. — Richard Griffiths