Pontikes Associates Quotes & Sayings

After years of sleeping together, I still love to stay up late
after you've passed into sleep
so I can hear you say things
you would never repeat
when awake.
It's like loving two people, each
distinct and beautiful, as night from day
as you from me, all of us together forming
a continuous grace. — Sherman Alexie

In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don't want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings. — Alfred Hitchcock

Creativity is essentially a "calling" and our callings are guides to new directions or expansions of old ones. — Anonymous

It's funny because when I first met with Carmen, she said, "Have you ever thought about doing TV?" And I was like, "No, not really, but I'd audition for TV." And she said, "That's where the roles are for women now. That's where you can go and get a really great part." — Eve Hewson

Every church has a marketing plan! The only difference is that some are better than others! When I think of marketing I think of building a relationship with those within reach of your ministry who know nothing about your church or are disconnected from your people. — Gary Rohrmayer

Some things tend not to work so well for science - things that rely on substantial written contributions by key experts are a case in point - but even there I tend to keep an open mind, because it may just be a case of finding the right formula. — Aubrey De Grey

I design for the movie and the character as well as the person wearing the costume. I show the ideas to the actor, then do fittings for shape and technical things such as movement in the costume. Once the costume in this form is on the actor, you have a sense of their connection with it. I then take it to the next level with the final fit. — Colleen Atwood

I have a nice little office, with a nice little window in it, but I do basically spend huge amounts of time in what you could consider solitary confinement. — Mary Roach

Always pay; for first or last you must pay your entire debt. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

If I needed your help kidnapping our Anne here and making her drink with me, would that be a problem? — Kylie Scott

I fell in love with the classical crossover genre when I was on AGT. I found out that I could use the microphone to establish a deeper intimacy with the audience. I did not portray an opera character; I was my true self. I would sing a four-to-five minute piece for the audience and then I could talk to them and say "Hi" to them! I would not need to act out scenes where my character was dying from tuberculosis or killing somebody else on stage, I could have a nice conversation with them. — Barbara Padilla

We can change the direction of the country with our vote. — Roland Martin