Thorolvsen Quotes & Sayings

Don't try to be seen, God may be hiding you on purpose. — Tyler Perry

For me, making films is about trying to work something out by myself in quite a lonely way. I find the whole thing very lonely really. — Andrea Arnold

The man who never makes a mistake must get tired of doing nothing. — Will Rogers

I'm hoping that a lifetime of compromise and disappointment will read as extra depth and layers in my work. — Rufus Sewell

In school that used to happen a lot: they'd get me to sing and then they'd hate me for it. — Christina Aguilera

Moderation in all things - including moderation. — Benjamin Franklin

So the problem is not so much to see what nobody has yet seen, as to think what nobody has yet thought concerning that which everybody sees. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Rostov kept thinking about that brilliant feat of his, which, to his surprise, had gained him the St. George Cross and even given him the reputation of a brave man - and there was something in it that he was unable to understand. "So they're even more afraid than we are!" he thought. "So that's all there is to so-called heroism? And did I really do it for the fatherland? And what harm had he done, with his dimple and his light blue eyes? But how frightened he was! He thought I'd kill him. Why should I kill him? My hand faltered. And they gave me the St. George Cross. I understand nothing, nothing! — Leo Tolstoy

I saw a star, I reached for it. I missed, so I accepted the sky — Scott Fortino

If I could be granted a wish, I'd shine in your eye like a jewel. — Bette Midler

Many people remember that when in 1977 the Voyager spacecraft was launched, opinions were canvassed as to what artefacts would be most appropriate to leave in outer space as a signal of man's cultural achievements on earth. The American astronomer Carl Sagan proposed that 'if we are to convey something of what humans are about then music has to be a part of it.' To Sagan's request for suggestions, the eminent biologist Lewis Thomas answered, 'I would send the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach.' After a pause, he added, 'But that would be boasting. — John Eliot Gardiner