Skyttehusets Quotes & Sayings

We should cultivate the optimistic temperament, and endeavour to see the good that dwells in everything. If we sit down and lament over the imperfection of our bodies and our minds, we profit nothing; it is the heroic endeavour to subdue adverse circumstances that carries our spirit upward. — Swami Vivekananda

If I can only write my memoir once, how do I edit it? — S. Kelley Harrell

All of us have a lot of sides to ourselves, but the fun thing about being actor is you make one side predominant for the character you're playing. — Vince Vaughn

Someday I'll see him again, and we'll tell our stories to each other ... but for now, I lock him safely away, in a place where I can draw on his strength. — Marie Lu

He felt something dark and leering in the manner with which people spoke of Prescott's genius; as if they were not doing homage to Prescott, but spitting upon genius. For once, Keating could not follow people; it was too clear, even to him, that public favor had ceased being a recognition of merit, that it had become almost a brand of shame. — Ayn Rand

Songs start with my bringing in the basic riffs for what you might call a verse and a chorus, an A and a B part ... whatever. And sometimes a C and even a D. That's kind of the easy, or at least easier part. The hard part is finding that special, perfect way to order things - how many times to do A before B and back and how the second verse differs from the first. That's all we got. — David First

In real life, people end up doing things because it's convenient and it works for them. You don't get up every day regretting what you're doing. — Mike Colter