Simon Kieren Quotes & Sayings

If human foolishness had been as carefully nurtured and cultivated as intelligence has been for centuries, perhaps it would have turned into something extremely precious. — Yevgeny Zamyatin

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive. — Dalai Lama

My parents weren't at all in entertainment, but when I look back, something along the line prepared me and opened me up to entertainment. — Bonnie Hammer

Though impervious to the sacred, I loved magic. The cinema was a suspect appearance that I loved perversely for what it still lacked. That streaming was everything, it was nothing, it was everything reduced to nothing. — Jean-Paul Sartre

I want to make serious work that engages with serious subjects. I'm very lucky: I get to more or less make what I want. — Scott Rudin

The realization of great mutual love can at times be so overwhelming a thing, that even the bravest of hearts may grow fearful. — Radclyffe Hall

In all things it is better to hope than to despair. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I get airsick just licking an airmail stamp. — Eric Morecambe

You think of movies like 'Midnight Run' and '48 Hours', those are great movies, especially 'Midnight Run.' — Adam McKay

Immortality is a meaningless word unless invulnerability goes with it. — Barry Hughart

I feel sorry for Obama because he's still got to fight the innate racism of Americans. I mean, did you see his first speech, when he got made President and they put all that bullet proof glass in front of him? I think that shows you how racist America still is. Just because he's black doesn't mean he's going to shoot anybody. — Frankie Boyle

Where are we?' the mouse child asked his father. His voice was tiny in the stillness of the night. 'I don't know' the father replied. 'What are we Papa?'. 'I don't know. We must wait and see'. — Russell Hoban