Osage County Quotes & Sayings

Ride with the hands of a lady, the trust of a child, the posture of a king and the manners of a gentleman. — Annette Kinnear

There was one face that looked like another face before it and then another face that looked like the face before it. This went all the way back until the beginning of time. Who knew what this face would look like a thousand years from now. Me? — Scott McClanahan

He doesn't sacrifice himself for others, nor does he expect others to be sacrificed for him. He takes the third alternative - he finds relationships that are mutually beneficial so that no sacrifice is required. — Harry Browne

We find that the manager, particularly at senior levels, is overburdened with work. With the increasing complexity of modern organizations and their problems, he is destined to become more so. He is driven to brevity, fragmentation, and superficiality in his tasks, yet he cannot easily delegate them because of the nature of his information. — Henry Mintzberg

Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God — John Eldredge

You know, people see [August: Osage County], and I tell them that it's based on my family, and they assume that I came from some kind of horrible, hysterical circumstances. That's not true. My family, my nuclear family, was actually very close. My mom and dad were great parents and they encouraged a real rich, creative life for me and my brothers. My extended family, like every family, has some darkness, and some violence of some kind, emotional or otherwise, in their past. — Tracy Letts

Colley Cibber, are apposite here: "It is not to the actor — Richard Eugene Burton

and Wally that he planned — John Grisham

The religion of the heart is as intimate as a wish breathed to the night sky ... — John Geddes

Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts act themselves senseless in 'August: Osage County,' and by the time they're finished, they've acted their movie senseless, too. — Steve Erickson

I am an atheist and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for other people. — Katharine Hepburn

I think my experience as an actor helps me to write anything. It certainly helped me to write 'August Osage County.' It helps me to write any play that I'm working on because I think one of the things I do well is write good roles for actors. — Tracy Letts

The nature of the beast is that film is a director's medium. It's not a Tracy Letts play, it's a John Wells film. 'August: Osage County,' as a play, is done. Written. On the shelf. It'll be performed in its entirety for years. — Tracy Letts

Plays which are universal tempt me. 'August: Osage County' is a play which is relevant to the urban Indian set up. — Lillete Dubey

I have thought about this issue of abortion time and again. It is not an easy issue for most people.I came to believe over the years that a woman should be able to make this agonizing decision with her doctor and her family and her conscience, and that we should be very careful that we don't make that decision a crime except in the most extreme circumstances. — Dick Durbin

Yeah, that wasn't gonna work. He couldn't date Emily. She was Lisa's sister, for God's sake. And his assistant. And he needed her at the club more than he needed her in his bed. He wanted her in his bed, but he wasn't impulsive like his younger brothers. — Jules Barnard

All my religious beliefs are based on Star Wars. — Green Day

Some things weren't designed to understand. — Melanie Chisholm