Thwaites Quotes & Sayings

It is in the imperceptible space between that which touches and that which is touched that one body can be felt, no matter how closely, to be different from another. — Daniel Heller-Roazen

Then there was a hard brown lozenge called the Tonsil Tickler. The Tonsil Tickler tasted and smelled very strongly of chloroform. We had not the slightest doubt that these things were saturated in the dreaded anaesthetic which, as Thwaites had many times pointed out to us, could put you to sleep for hours at a stretch. "If my father has to saw off somebody's leg," he said, "he pours chloroform on to a pad and the person sniffs it and goes to sleep and my father saws his leg off without him even feeling it."
"But why do they put it into sweets and sell them to us?" we asked him. You might think a question like this would have baffled Thwaites. But Thwaites was never baffled.
"My father says Tonsil Ticklers were invented for dangerous prisoners in jail," he said. "They give them one with each meal and the chloroform makes them sleepy and stops them rioting."
"Yes," we said, "but why sell them to children?"
"It's a plot," Thwaites said. "A grown-up plot to keep us quiet. — Roald Dahl

I like soft candy. I'm not a fan of the hard stuff. I like that quick flavor boost! — Andre Dirrell

I haven't had the whole 'famous' thing happen to me yet, and I hope I never will. I like to sneak away in the corners and hide a lot. — Brenton Thwaites

When there's only God to blame, we forgive him. When it's our fellow man, we destroy him. — Hugh Howey

I was on 'Home and Away' for about three or four months. I loved it. — Brenton Thwaites

Procrastination is suicide on the installment plan. — Arnold Bennett

I guess my break in America came a little too early. It would've been nice to have a few more years to find out what I'm like as an actor without a camera on my face. — Brenton Thwaites

Every movie has its uniqueness. You just do your best and go with it. — Brenton Thwaites

Keating stood still, because he understood for the first time what it was that artists spoke about when they spoke of beauty. — Ayn Rand

In Australia, we cling on to whatever culture we have. We're such a multicultural country. — Brenton Thwaites

On this National Agriculture Day, when we all should be taking time to thank and pay tribute to America's farmers, ranchers and their families who produce the food for our tables, we are finding those same people in dire need of our help and support. — Michael McCaul

The United States remains the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all of our people. And yet we are spending almost twice as much per capita. We have a massively dysfunctional health care system. And I do believe in a Medicare for all single-payer system, whether a small state like Vermont can lead the nation, which I certainly hope we will, or whether it's California or some other state. — Hillary Clinton

If you can't, or don't wish to, cut back production, then try to manufacture demand - the story of the twentieth century? — Thomas Thwaites

I went to college at QUT: Queensland University of Technology. I studied for a Bachelors in finance and acting. — Brenton Thwaites

Growing up, I was always adamant that I would never do 'Home and Away' or 'Neighbours,' because as an actor you want to set your path as that serious kind of actor. — Brenton Thwaites

When I'm not acting, I'm at the beach. I like to spend a lot of time in the water, surfing. — Brenton Thwaites

In 'The Giver,' I play a character called Jonas who is a member of this community called Changeless. In this community, everyone is kept at bay emotionally and physically. They receive an injection every morning to control them from feeling things like love and pain and all natural emotions. — Brenton Thwaites

My long-term plans are just to get as much experience as I can in Australia and try to make my own films. — Brenton Thwaites

Loneliness is a mirror, and recognizes itself. — Jodi Picoult

Hugh Jackman really inspired me as a kid. He's a cool Aussie guy who works very hard, and he's a fantastic actor. Obviously, he keeps really fit. He seems like he's happy acting. Who knows if he really is, but he gives you that impression. — Brenton Thwaites

They still possess virtues which might cause shame to most Christians. No hospitals are needed among them, because there are neither mendicants nor paupers as long as there are any rich people among them. Their kindness, humanity, and courtesy not only make them liberal with what they have, but cause them to possess hardly anything except in common. A whole village must be without corn before any individual can be obliged to endure privation. They divide the produce of their fisheries equally with all who come — Reuben Gold Thwaites

When I was 16 years old, I joined a drama group called North Queensland Academy of Dramatic Art under a woman called Maggie Shephard-King. She inspired me to audition for the role of Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet.' — Brenton Thwaites

If you're focused on the friendship as its own reward, serendipitous stuff just happens. I know that sounds weird, but I can tell you for our 12 years of existence, it's actually how a lot of stuff happens. — Tony Hsieh

The Thwaites lived on Central Park West in the upper Eighties, in a building that, while manifestly grand, particularly to someone from Ohio, was by no means the most elegant among its neighbors. Its lobby, for one thing, was little more than a wide corridor, with two drably upholstered wing chairs propped against a wall and, between them, a glass table upon which rested an elaborate but unaesthetic arrangement of silk flowers. The light in the corridor was greenish, dim and lavatorial, barely illuminating the shallowly carved figures that marched, in pseudo-Egyptian fashion, along the pink stone tiles as far as the elevator. The floor, incongruously, was of a black and white parquet, upon which all but the softest slippers echoed ominously. And the elevator itself - paneled, with brass fixtures and a single tiny red velvet stool, presumably for its operator's comfort - seemed again of a different, though no less ancient, era. — Claire Messud

I thought Leonardo DiCaprio was amazing in Baz Luhrmann's 'Romeo and Juliet.' — Brenton Thwaites

I'm on very good terms with all my former wives. — Andre Previn

The meal was breakfast: the subject, utility clothing. 'As for the stuff they're turning out for men nowadays,' said Mr Thwaites bitterly, 'I wouldn't give it to my Valet.'

Mr Thwaites' valet was quite an old friend. An unearthly, flitting presence, whose shape, character, age, and appearance could only be dimly conceived, he had been turning up every now and again ever since Miss Roach had known Mr Thwaites. Mostly he was summoned into being as one from whom all second-rate, shoddy, or inferior articles were withheld. But sometimes things were good enough for Mr Thwaites' valet, but would not do for Mr Thwaites. — Patrick Hamilton

I almost failed drama at school. I hated it. It was all about the history of theatre. — Brenton Thwaites

Reality bites. Micron underlines that despite the market run-up recently, there's still no confidence about growth and earnings. — David Thwaites

Life is slippery. We all need a loving hand to hold onto. — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

My first job on the screen was 'Sea Patrol,' and that was quite intense, but I guess my first big break was 'SLiDE.' — Brenton Thwaites

Mr. Thwaites was, of course, a pronounced and leading Christmasist, being the instinctive leader of everything irritating and depressing, and the others followed him. — Patrick Hamilton

I studied drama at the Queensland University of Technology, which was amazing. I can't speak highly enough of that school. — Brenton Thwaites

It's weird when auditioning for roles, because a lot of my mates go out for the same roles. You don't want to know that you're beating someone to the role. — Brenton Thwaites

I've been lucky to ride 10 different horses at the Olympics. I'd like to think that of all of them, Big Ben - who was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame - would still be competitive in the contemporary sport. — Ian Millar

If I read a script and I like it, there's nothing that will stop me from trying to be in that movie. — Brenton Thwaites

Very few opera singers in history have been able to cross into popular music. — Renee Fleming

There was not even any hope for Miss Roach that Mr. Thwaites would ever die. — Patrick Hamilton

I was on a show called 'SliDE' when I graduated from college, and then that set the premise of my love for acting. It was so much fun. I was on set with my best friends every day. From that, I got 'Home and Away' and it was such a relaxed, friendly environment. Everyone's so kind and supportive. — Brenton Thwaites