Silkwood Wall Quotes & Sayings

The human mind, in proportion as it is deprived of external resources, sedulously labors to find within itself the means of happiness, learns to rely with confidence on its own exertions, and gains with greater certainty the power of being happy. — Johann Georg Ritter Von Zimmermann

You deal with failure - strike, strike, strike - all the time. Acting is like that. You have to have a very thick skin in a way - your hair is too dark, you're too ugly for the part, your audition wasn't good. — Benicio Del Toro

All your life you're told you're unique. An individual. That no one on the planet is just like you. It's humanity's anthem. — Blake Crouch

I converse with my dog through ESP. — Taylor Caldwell

Art cannot be modern. Art is primordially eternal. — Egon Schiele

These days it's hard to look at a poodle without thinking what a good meal he would make. — Steve Martin

Cross your fingers, throw salt over your shoulder, knock on wood ... simple folk remedies for unfortunate situations. Silly superstitions ... but were they based in truth from a past long forgotten? I didn't know, but it wouldn't hurt to just do it and let the Universe do its job if it was of a mind to. Don't you think? — Madelyn Alt

They assumed I didn't understand the conversation, and it was much easier to let them think that. My mother said I was at an awkward age. I didn't feel especially awkward, so I presumed she meant it was awkward for them. — Joanna Cannon

Though I did not know the place, I set out for the land of my dreams. Having arrived at the land of my dreams, I found I did not know the place — Keiichi Sigsawa