Perrottas Quotes & Sayings

Success cannot come from standstill men. Methods change and men must change with them. — James Cash Penney

She said, on general principles. — Terry Pratchett

You have to have the passion. I could not live if I wasn't an actor. If you're just in it for beautiful dresses and movie stars, then I think you should not be an actor. — Diane Kruger

The ethical decision is always the fearsome decision. When something matters enough that we are afraid of the consequences afraid that even the honorable choice could result in harm or loss or sorrow that's when ethics are involved. — Henry W. Bloch

I'm riddled with cynicism. Whenever anyone says 'trust me,' the hairs go up on the back of my neck. — Charles Dance

He'd never had a sham wife before, but he was grateful this one wasn't of the hysterical variety. Perhaps — Joanna Shupe

My sentiments for the American cause, from the Stamp Act downward, have never changed ... I am still of opinion that it is the cause of liberty and of human nature. — Christopher Gadsden

Since our society equates happiness with youth, we often assume that sorrow, quiet desperation, and hopelessness go hand in hand with getting older. They don't. Emotional pain or numbness are symptoms of living the wrong life, not a long life. — Martha Beck

They do you a great honor. In Krasia, if no one is trying to kill you, it is because you're not worth killing. — Peter Brett

Too many men work on parts of things. Doing a job to completion, satisfies me. — Richard Proenneke

I would sum up the German character best by saying that they are the best of losers and the worst of winners. — Edmund Ironside

The day the flesh shapes and the flesh the day shapes. — Frank Herbert

Every writer is obliged to create his own language, as every violinist is obliged to create his own "tone" ... . I don't mean to say that I like original writers who write badly. I prefer - and perhaps it's a weakness - those who write well. But they begin to write well only on condition that they're original, that they create their own language. Correctness, perfection of style do exist, but on the other side of originality, after having gone through all the faults, not this side. Correctness this side - "discreet emotion," "smiling good nature," "most abominable of all years" - doesn't exist. The only way to defend language is to attack it, yes, yes, Madame Straus! — Alain De Botton

Keep working. Keep trying. Keep believing. You still might not make it, but at least you gave it your best shot. If you don't have calluses on your soul, this isn't for you. Take up knitting instead. — David Eddings