Schreckensherrschaft Quotes & Sayings

But then, of course, one can peek through the fingers, which is not only pleasurable but a lesson in practical optics. — James J. Gibson

Just give the Italians a chance for drama and they take it with both hands. — Ingrid Bergman

I've probably saved more black lives as mayor of New York City than any mayor in New York City with the possible exception of Mike Bloomberg, who was there for 12 years. — Rudy Giuliani

'American Playhouse' is very supportive of writers. That's really why writers like to write for 'American Playhouse' for very little money. They care about making your play, your script, not some network production. We're treated like playwrights, not like fodder for some machine. — Terrence McNally

I think that you can take things personally or get hurt feelings as a result of something not working out just because your psyche said it should or you deserve it, or whatever it is. — Michael Shanks

She did not know then that the price of allowing false opinions was the gradual loss of one's capacity for forming true ones. — Muriel Spark

Feeling intimidated by the Scientific Revolution, fundamentalism takes a "scientific" approach to the Bible - which is perhaps the worst of all ways to approach Scripture. The Bible is not interested in giving (or even competing with) scientific explanations. The Bible is working on a different project than scientific inquiry. — Brian Zahnd

With no draft, the only people who went to war were those who wanted to, or at least those who wanted to join the military. — Tim O'Brien

I am a Filipino born to freedom, and I shall not rest until freedom shall have been added unto my inheritance - for myself and my children and my children's children - forever. — Carlos P. Romulo

Funny is funny, and it can come in 8 billion different shades and flavors, so I think it's silly to kind of limit it. — Melissa McCarthy

I couldn't say my own name when I was 12. — Ken Venturi

Mentor is someone who has already done what you want to do and is successful at doing it. Don't find an advisor. An advisor is someone who tells you how to do it but may not have personally done it. — Robert T. Kiyosaki