Schechner Marcus Quotes & Sayings

They drive back home to grab his backpack and as he bends and kisses his grandma Agnes, she scrunches a one-hundred-dollar bill in his hand. "Buy yourself some chocolates, Tom."
It's what she'd say to him as a kid with a twenty cent coin. — Melina Marchetta

The skeleton was as happy as a madman whose straightjacket had been taken off. He felt liberated at being able to walk without flesh. The mosquitoes didn't bite him anymore. He didn't have to have his hair cut. He was neither hungry nor thirsty, hot nor cold. He was far from the lizard of love. — Leonora Carrington

All I want from myself is to observe life. There's a glass sheet between me and it. I want the
glass to be perfectly clear, so that it will in no way hinder my examination of what's behind it,
but I always want the glass. — Fernando Pessoa

Love is the gentle smile upon the lips of beauty. — Khalil Gibran

In life we don't get what we want, we get in life what we are. If we want more we have to be able to be more, in order to be more you have to face rejection. — Farrah Gray

The universe is computing its own destiny. — James Gleick

Fear is a dangerous thing. Once it is sanctioned by the state there is no telling where it might lead. It is always a short path to walk from being suspicious of our fellow citizens to taking actions to restrict their liberty. — Justin Trudeau

Life was a hard teacher, but a thorough one. — Karen Hawkins

Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music — William Stafford

A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow. — George S. Patton

Might not hurt you to pick up a book, just as an experiment."
Whatever. I looked up the definition for 'nerd' in the dictionary. Know what it said?"
"I bet you'll tell me."
" 'If you're reading this, you are one.' "
You're a riot. — Brandon Mull

My father moved out a week later. I hugged him at our front door and couldn't bear to watch him leave with so much luggage. — Alison Espach

My last trip to New Orleans was for the fifth anniversary of Katrina, and I had the awesome opportunity to bring my family down. We all worked on a house together and met some of the families. — AnnaLynne McCord

The main question in drama, the way I was taught, is always, 'What does the protagonist want?' That's what drama is. It comes down to that. It's not about theme, it's not about ideas, it's not about setting, but what the protagonist wants. — David Mamet

Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be - they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their naturally destructive tendencies. — Delia Ephron