Panzner Demo Quotes & Sayings

You always learn something about movies. Directing or acting, there's always something new. It's the technological thing; there's always something to learn. — Robert De Niro

People like Hart didn't understand. They lived by daylight rules. Rules that said should and could when Leigh wanted nothing but the damned and bloodied artistry she created when she did things people said she shouldn't, couldn't. — Cole McCade

Knee-deep in the cosmic overwhelm, I'm stricken
by the ricochet wonder of it all: the plain
everythingness of everything, in cahoots
with the everythingness of everything else.
- From Diffraction (for Carl Sagan) — Diane Ackerman

A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, he told her, to which she retorted that a proverb was the last refuge of the mentally destitute. — W. Somerset Maugham

Animal liberationists do not separate out the human animal, so there is no rational basis for saying that a human being has special rights. A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. They're all mammals. — Ingrid Newkirk

Self-immolation's a nice gesture, but it doesn't usually achieve very much. — Tana French

The relation to the other is not epistemological, but ethical, and the whole attempt to accomodate or account for the other within the confines of my experience already constitutes a breach of this fundamental ethical relation. The other is precisely that which cannot be the object of my experience in the sense of being completely manifest within it, and so cannot be construed as a phenomenon at all. — David R. Cerbone

No doubt your sword is indeed a beautiful thing. It is a tribute to whoever forged it in bygone ages. There are very few such swords as this one left in the world, but remember, it is only a sword, Matthias! It contains no secret spell, nor holds within its blade any magical power. This sword is made for only one purpose, to kill. It will only be as good or evil as the one who wields it. I know that you intend to use it only for the good of your Abbey, Matthias; do so, but never allow yourself to be tempted into using it in a careless or idle way. It would inevitably cost you your life, or that of your dear ones. Martin the Warrior used the sword only for right and good. This is why it has become a symbol of power to Redwall. Knowledge is gained through wisdom, my friend. Use the sword wisely. — Brian Jacques

Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it. — Walter Scott

For true poetry, complete poetry, consists in the harmony of contraries. Hence, it is time to say aloud
and it is here above allthat exceptions prove the rule
that everything that exists in nature exists in art. — Victor Hugo

How did I get to be a grown-up? At times, I find myself still sitting on the hillside, plotting revenge against the adult world. — Erica Jong