Orpheum Circuit Quotes & Sayings

What the working man sells is not directly his Labor, but his Laboring Power, the temporary disposal of which he makes over to the capitalist. This is so much the case that I do not know whether by the English Law, but certainly by some Continental Laws, the maximum time is fixed for which a man is allowed to sell his laboring power. If allowed to do so for any indefinite period whatever, slavery would be immediately restored. Such a sale, if it comprised his lifetime, for example, would make him at once the lifelong slave of his employer. — Karl Marx

What you can do is a matter of what you will do. — Colin Ford

The seventh reader interrupts you: "Do you believe that every story must have a beginning and an end? In ancient times a story could only end in two ways: having passed all the tests, the hero and heroine married, or else they died. The ultimate meaning to which all stories refer has two faces: the continuity of life, the inevitability of death."
You stop for a moment to reflect on these words. Then, in a flash, you decide you want to marry Ludmilla. — Italo Calvino

I think it could have real changing effects on the financial markets of our country, it could cause investors to think more about real rates of return and that in turn could spawn new kinds of products, — Robert Rubin

Thanks to the circus between my ears, I can seize upon the smallest disquieting observation and from it extrapolate a terror of cataclysmic proportions. — Dean Koontz

I hate editing. I love to write, but I hate to reread my stuff. To revise. — Barry Hannah

Analytical philosophy was very interesting. It always struck me as being very interesting and full of tremendous intellectual curiosities. It is wonderful to see the mind at work in such an
intense manner, but, for me, it was still too far removed from my own issues. — Joseph Conrad

Anger bubbled up inside him so strong that he clenched his fist and silently promised his brother that he would pay for his boorish behavior. — Melanie Dickerson

But the presence of the young woman had touched a lot of people there, and some were ready to rethink their lives. — Paulo Coelho

Your lover should be your best friend.... Love can be a choice as much as an accident. — Carol Cassella

I want a script to affect me in some way. I am usually drawn to character studies, scripts about real people and the world we live in not some fantasy. — Roger Deakins

No matter who the characters are, you can strip them down and find small universal truths. — Jena Malone

When I ran in Texas, I told the people of Texas, 'if you elect me, I will lead the fight against amnesty.' — Ted Cruz

I always forget that you have seen far more violence than we have, Zoe says, — Veronica Roth

The U.S. Coast Guard is a shining example of how well a Federal agency can perform with its flexibility, speed, and expertise. — Russ Carnahan