Papillon French Quotes & Sayings

Joy is not in things; it is in us — Richard Wagner

All producers encourage you, whatever it is, to make it more-so. If you've got a joke, can it be funnier? If you've got an action sequence, can it be more exciting? That's the nature of being a producer. — Walter Hill

Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference. — Bette Davis

PIG, n. An animal ("Porcus omnivorus") closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is inferior in scope, for it sticks at pig. — Ambrose Bierce

A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone. — Jonathan Swift

Nothing was anything until someone defined it. Nothing was inevitable. Nothing was inviolate. Everything existed, perhaps, by the act of faith, and we were always in the midst of creating our world, complete with the trappings of tradition that was nothing more than an invention like all the rest. — Anne Rice

Time limits tend to turn everything predictable and mundane into a novelty. — Rhian J. Martin

For me, a great fantasy is real people, a world I recognise, human struggle and magic. You've got to have magic to make a fantasy work. But I like my magic to be subtle. I don't want magic coming out of the hands of wizards. I want it to be pervading, sinister somehow. — Fiona McIntosh

Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others. — Oscar Wilde

I have been saying yes to being fat. Which is WHY I'm now so fat. I'm not a failure; I'm successfully fat. I didn't let go of the wheel; I just turned the car down the fat road. — Shonda Rhimes

May you never forget what is worth remembering, Nor ever remember what is best forgotten. Irish proverb — Janice Thompson

Strike, if you will, but listen. — Themistocles

I don't understand people's constant
need to pretend that as a species we are good on a primary level, when in fact we've had prisons and punishments for thousands of years and people still do whatever the fuck they want, that should clue us in that we are all wired with evil and malevolent intent. Then I realize as long as you don't get caught in your iniquities, it really doesn't matter to anyone. — J.C. Wickhart