Statura Gems Quotes & Sayings

It seemed to him that life's true tragedy was to lift up one's voice among the living and be met with indifference. — Cristina Garcia

Two is company; three is fifty bucks. — Joan Rivers

A literary influence is never just a literary influence. It's also an influence in the way you see everything - in the way you feel your life. — Thom Gunn

Sometimes the greatest blessings come when we leave the familiar behind and take a step of faith. — Norma Gail

There is a deep and perennial and profoundly human impulse to approach the world with a DEMAND, to approach the world with a PRECONDITION, that what has got to turn out to lie at THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE, that what has got to turn out to lie at THE FOUNDATION OF ALL BEING, is some powerful and reassuring and accessible image of OURSELVES ... and that, more than any of their particular factual inaccuracies - is what bothers me the most about them. It is precisely the business of resisting that demand, it is precisely the business of approaching the world with open and authentic wonder, and with a sharp, cold eye, and singularly intent upon the truth, that's called science. — David Z. Albert

As for the subject matter in my painting ... it is very often an incidental thing in the background, elusive and unclear, that really stirred me. — William Baziotes

Credit is an 'I love debt' score. — Dave Ramsey

Everything under the sun is in tune but the sun is eclipsed by the moon — Roger Waters

We only had a couple of ways for people to hate us on 'X-Files,' including still writing actual fan letters. Now people can instantly tell you, 'Oh my God, I love you,' or 'Oh my God, you are the worst person on the planet.' They actually had to hate you enough or love you enough to write a letter, put a stamp on it and send it. — Jeffrey Bell

We try to make films for people [that are] the films that we'd like to see. They're not easy to get made. They're hard to get made. You have to keep the budget low to get them made. But at the end of the day, I don't really worry about competition, because I don't really think of it that way. I don't feel like I'm in a race with anybody. — George Clooney