Phantastischer Realismus Quotes & Sayings

Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived. — Robert Trout

Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

So when you do get on, the first class people are already sitting there; they're all sprawled out on their big thrones. Bring me the head of a pig! And a goblet of something cool and refreshing! Anyone have a fiddle? Amuse me. — Brian Regan

(About "From Hell") The idea was to do a documentary comic about a murder. I concluded that there was a way of approaching the [Ripper] murders in a completely different way. I changed the emphasis from 'whodunit' to 'what happened'. I'd seen advertisements for Douglas Adams' book "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency". A holistic detective? You wouldn't just have to solve the crime, you'd have to solve the entire world that that crime happened in. That was the twist that I needed. — Alan Moore

In the face of such terror and dehumanization, human passion itself was an act of defiance. — Guillermo Del Toro

There were two things I used to do to seduce girls: jokes and music. Since I'm not a great pianist, jokes were my thing. — Gad Elmaleh

Because getting a cheerful balloon helps people picture getting better, and if you picture something it makes it so. — Lemony Snicket

Before I record for real, I know pretty much exactly how I want them to feel. — PJ Harvey

I always saw myself wanting to do something deemed successful and good at the same time. — Howard Schultz

Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion. — Thornton Wilder

She stops, pauses, turns to the left to glance at some possible threat or irregularity, and then continues to the north. This motion, so intensely human, transcends time. — Mary Leakey

We weren't perfect for each other- I knew that then as much as I know it now- but we worked together around our problems, mainly avoiding them, though to us that was the best way. We snuck around our problems like criminals in the night. But, aren't we all criminals in love? — Leigh Hershkovich

It's difficult to write a really good short story because it must be a complete and finished reflection of life with only a few words to use as tools. There isn't time for bad writing in a short story. — Edna Ferber

Lord, I surrender myself to You to do with me as You will. Grant that I may become a healing presence to others. — Albert S. Rossi

My family was very supportive of my acting. They didn't really have a choice because I got jobs acting before anyone could really say anything. It paid my way through college and helped my family out. — Ajay Naidu