Picturesquemoments Quotes & Sayings

When it looks at great accomplishments, the world, bent on simplifying its images, likes best to look at the dramatic, picturesquemoments experienced by its heroes ... But the no less creative years of preparation remain in the shadow. — Stefan Zweig

Maybe this is my morality coming in again but it was important to me that the actor [ in Notes On A Scandal] was above the age of consent. Although really, what's the difference between 15 and 16? It's the law, yeah, but he's very mature. — Cate Blanchett

I re-read a lot of books that I like a lot. There are some books that I try to reread every couple of years. A good book changes for you every few years because you are in a different place in your own life. — Alan Lightman

I've always been keenly aware of the passing of time. I've always thought that I was old. Even when I was twelve, I thought it was awful to be thirty. I felt that something was lost. At the same time, I was aware of what I could gain, and certain periods of my life have taught me a great deal. But, in spite of everything, I've always been haunted by the passing of time and by the fact that death keeps closing in on us. — Simone De Beauvoir

I'm off to race around the world - a race against time and two men. I know I can beat time. I hope I can beat the men. — Dorothy Kilgallen

Ladies," Alexander said, his arm around Tatiana's neck, "we're newlyweds." He raised his eyebrows. "Do you really want us in your house? — Paullina Simons

Silence is the communing of a conscious soul with itself. — Henry David Thoreau

But love? True love? As wretched as loneliness could be, it was nothing compared to the pain of betrayal. He'd seen with his own eyes what "love" did to a person - how it built hopes that were rarely, if ever, realized. Falling in love meant being weak, vulnerable to the whims of another. — Karen Hawkins

German militarism and Nazism have devastated twice in our generation the lands of German neighbors. — James F. Byrnes

Acting is just a job at the end of the day, and it's a very strange one. — Philip Glenister

The balancing act is challenging at times. — Jeremy Jones