Nuode Quotes & Sayings

I work for what I want. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A joy without object or reason rose within him, but like all such joys ebbed into frustration almost immediately because he did not know how to express it. — John Clellon Holmes

For reasons of my own I take note of the way people act when they're around mirrors. — Helen Oyeyemi

Imagine, [Kriezler] said, that you enter a large, somewhat crumbling hall that echoes with the sounds of people mumbling and talking repetitively to themselves. All around you these people fall into prostrate positions, some of them weeping. Where are you? Sara's answer was immediate: in an asylum. Perhaps, Kreizler answered, but you could also be in a church. In the one place the behavior would be considered mad; in the other, not only sane, but as respectable as any human activity can be. — Caleb Carr

Female directors really do need to support each other. Too many times I've been led to believe that my direct competition was other women, as if there can be only a handful of successful female filmmakers a year. That conversation, that perception, needs to change. Women are the people who have helped me make films I love, and I want to be that kind of strength to other women. — Jennifer Phang

I'm a bit of a romantic. In theory! — Olga Kurylenko

All of us, all human beings, are basically inclined or disposes toward what we perceive to be good. Whatever we do, we do because we think it will be of some benefit. At the same time, we all appreciate the kindness of others. We are all, by nature, oriented toward the basic human values of love and compassion. We all prefer the love of others to their hatred. We all prefer others' generosity to their meanness. And who among us does not prefer tolerance, respect, and forgiveness of out failings to bigotry, disrespect, and resentment? — Dalai Lama XIV

Don't waste my time- I'm not stupid, and I'm not gullible. — Laura Schlessinger

I think the Republican Party is supposed to be the party of less government intrusion. — Monica Crowley

One bold inspiration choreographs a dance with promise. — Mary Anne Radmacher

You can try to steal the thunder all you want, it just reminds people I'm the lightning. You rumble in the distance. I light up the sky. — Dane Cook

Singing with Aaron Neville, he pulled stuff out of my voice I never could have gotten, because if he's providing XYZ, I have to put in ABC, and usually I don't have to put in ABC. — Linda Ronstadt

Of travel I've had my share, man, I've been everywhere. — Johnny Cash

In deciding among theological views, one should be something of a consequentialist: the choice of one theological position over another should be, if not actually determined, at least heavily conditioned by the fact that it implies a better ethical outcome than the alternatives. — David Novak