Rowoldt Quotes & Sayings

When Adam ate the irrevocable apple, Thou
Saw'st beyond death the resurrection of the dead — C.S. Lewis

The Sistine Chapel is an extraordinary work of education - it lays out all the early books of the Bible. — Peter Greenaway

The idea of feeling isolated is scary to me - to walk through the world alone would be heartbreaking. — Jacqueline Woodson

I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend at home. — William Hazlitt

So many people spend years (and money) studying to be doctors, lawyers, actors, dancers, business executives and scientists - when you're an author, you can be any of these things, and you don't need a degree or certificate; all you need is an imagination, a dream and an open mind. — Rebecca McNutt

They were still all beautiful and there was still enchantment and wonder, but she had crossed a line and now the fairy tale was green with corruption and evil. — Stephen King

When a portion of wealth passes out of the hands of him who has acquired it, without his consent, and without compensation, to him who has not created it, whether by force or by artifice, I say that property is violated, that plunder is perpetrated. — Frederic Bastiat

[After a poor prognosis for recovery from her doctor following her 1990 bus accident] I said if it is up to me, I'm going to be OK. — Gloria Estefan

I withdrew back into the window frame. She took a hasty gulp from her glass and looked down at her lap. "I'm saying that this is what's it's like, when every man you kiss thinks he's unearthed you, and everyone has a role for you to play, the brave little refugee, the obedient daughter, the foreign girl with loose morals ... " Her hand made a quick mechanical gesture. "You do what you can with that. You can't stop life from happening, can you? You don't get to choose what parts you get. So you take your opportunities. You use the means available to you. Your life becomes something that takes you further and further away from yourself. It sounds cynical, I know. It is cynical. — Paul Murray

How did I ever get sick? I've already had everything. — George Burns

From 1980 to 1990, I shot more films than any other actor in the Screen Actors Guild, apart from Gene Hackman. — Steve Guttenberg