Thomas Meehan Quotes & Sayings

Selfishness is the root of all jealousy. When we are caught up thinking about ourselves, we can't think about anyone else. — Anna M. Aquino

Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one. — Socrates

I will repeat again that females are the symbols of nonviolence. Another thing I would say is that a female is more compromising. A female can talk with anyone easily. — Yingluck Shinawatra

Ah, lady, when I gave my heart to thee, It passed into thy lifelong regency. — Gilbert Parker

Why should the composer be more guilty than the poet who warms to fantasy by a strange flame, making an idea that inspires him the subject of his own very different treatment? — Franz Schubert

An infant, in his first sleepiness, must let go of the world; a man must learn to die. What comes between are the grains of sand. Ambition. Loss. Envy. Desire. Hatred. Love. Tenderness. Joy. Shame. Loneliness. Ecstasy. Ache. Surrender. — Ethan Canin

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends. — Julia Ward Howe

I believe that when things happen, they happen with a purpose. — William Shatner

We haven't had any accidents for months now ... Everything on that island is perfectly fine. — Michael Crichton

A studio, like a poem, is an intimacy and a freedom you can look out from, into each part of your life and a little beyond. — Jane Hirshfield

My only concern is that the L.A. Times opinion pages, unfortunately like too many in this country, are dominated by men, and I'd like to see that change. — Susan Estrich