Stationers Crown Quotes & Sayings

I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does, I see that there is something wrong in what one becomes. — Oscar Wilde

Do you know anything about silent films?"
"Sure," I said. "The first ones were developed in the late nineteenth century and sometimes had live musical accompaniment, though it wasn't until the 1920s that sound became truly incorporated into films, eventually making silent ones obsolete in cinema. — Richelle Mead

What does a painter do? You get a painting, you put some intent and passion and emotion into these things, and hope the people will receive it. Same as a playwright. It's art. — Creed Bratton

I don't know any comedian who tailors his act to his audience. Maybe people say they do, but I can't even imagine them. — Colin Quinn

The real risk is doing nothing. — Denis Waitley

A true confession: I believe in a soluble fish. — Charles Simic

How easy for those who do not bulge to not overindulge! — Ogden Nash

Sometimes you have to protect the life of the play. It seems like spelling out mysterious, musical details can destroy a play by making the motivations too clear, too simplex. — John Guare

We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and for the world. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Money is not everything. There's Master card & Visa. — Stephen Hawking

He tracks the rise and fall of the glittering darkness thronged with specks and tendrils of luminous secrets. Falling stars crackle in the cold air and prickle his skin. They flash in the corner of his vision where the eye's discernment of light and shadow is most acute. — John Pipkin

Everything quiet?"
"You mean Shame"
"I mean your Pooh News. Any rumblies in the tumblies?" I gave him a grin.
He shook his head. "You just can't let that go, can you? ... — Devon Monk

I knew no one who'd ever been in the public eye. — J.K. Rowling

No'
might make them angry
but
it will make
you
free. — Nayyirah Waheed

On stage, it is a tremendous thing to be able to make people laugh. But one of the things that I have always loved is when I am in shows where you can turn the audience upside down and make them cry or move them. That is when things are the most rewarding. — Roger Bart