Sempstresses Quotes & Sayings

We perceive and interpret the outer world through a set of incredibly fine internal receptors. But we are incapable, by ourselves, of grasping or tweezing out any permanent, sharable figment of it. Practically speaking, we ritually verify what is there, and are disposed to call it reality. But, with photographs, we have concrete proof that we have not been hallucinating all our lives. — Max Kozloff

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all. — Democritus

I met a man once who told me that far from believing in the square root of minus one, he didn't believe in minus one. This is at any rate a consistent attitude. — Edward Charles Titchmarsh

My father valued patriotism above all other social obligations, but he had his own particular interpretation of just how true patriotism was meant to function. — Thomas Steinbeck

New ideas are one of the most overrated concepts of our time. Most of the important ideas that we live with aren't new at all. — Andy Rooney

If you're poor, potato chips are the food of life for you. It's the caviar. — Sandra Cisneros

What are you doing here? (Terri)
I'll tell you if you tell me why you're here. (Nathan)
No. Leave. (Terri)
No. You leave. (Nathan)
What are we? Four? (Terri) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

I learn so much from watching films like that with commentary and then when you get to hear another filmmaker talk about their films it's a really great experience. — Jay Roach