Scivera Quotes & Sayings

The great trains howling from track to track all night. The taut and telegraphic murmur of ten thousand city wires, drawn most cruelly against a city sky. The rush of city waters, beneath the city streets. The passionate passing of the night's last El. — Nelson Algren

I guess every actor has certain emotions they can access easier than others. — William Mapother

I'm drawn to people who look different. I'm not exploiting. I'm not making fun of them. I'm drawn to them. — Amy Sedaris

You cannot deny the struggle; the struggle denies you. — Lori Jenessa Nelson

It was pretty awful for us children because we never really knew the local children. Mother was keen for us to learn languages, so our travels took us to France and Italy, as well as the West Country. — Mary Wesley

I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf. — Ian McKellen

Some who attempt prayer never have the sense of anyone listening on the other end. They blame themselves for doing it wrong ... Prayer requires the faith to believe that God listens. — Philip Yancey

I believe that the first step in the setting of a real external world is the formation of the concept of bodily objects and of bodily objects of various kinds. — Albert Einstein

I've imparted that philosophy to the writers, but some of them look stuff up while some don't. Same with the editors, directors and actors. To each their own. — Vince Gilligan

She was battered and beaten up, and not smiling this time. Liesel could see it on her face. Blood leaked from her nose and licked at her lips. Her eyes had blackened. Cuts had opened up and a series of wounds were rising to the surface of her skin. All from the words. From Liesel's words. — Markus Zusak

I have a very strange relationship in general with women around my music. There's some that understand it and some that think there should be a law against it. — Nick Cave

I knew my limitations and the limitations of the courts I played on, and adjusted thusly. I was at my best in bad conditions. — David Foster Wallace

Philosophy can add to our happiness in no other manner but by diminishing our misery; it should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of. Happy were we all born philosophers; all born with a talent of thus dissipating our own cares by spreading them upon all mankind. — Oliver Goldsmith

Learning to pay attention to how your body feels can offer you rich guidance about your choices and direction in life. — Lynn A. Robinson

Words exist only in theory. And then one ordinary day you run into a word that exists only in theory. And you meet it face to face. And then that word becomes someone you know. That word becomes someone you hate. And you take that word with you wherever you go. And you can't pretend it isn't there. — Benjamin Alire Saenz