Trainspotter Quotes & Sayings

I come from a tradition where the writer writes a play for the actors, rather than for himself, and the dialogue is made to work onstage, so it needs actors to help shape it. So you never get a play right straightaway. — Lee Hall

I always knew that I was an artist. I never expected to be able to make a living. — Lynn Shelton

Gabe realized he was standing there alone, with a goofy smile on his face. Limping inside, he closed the door behind him, her words still lingering in his mind. Gabe wanted more than anything to be able to choose happiness. He wanted a rain storm to make him smile. He desired that the simple task of cooking would make him dance. To Gabe, however, it didn't seem as simple as just making a choice. He hoped her joy was contagious, because he was in uncharted territories. — Wendy Owens

It seems astonishing to be paid for indulging in pure pleasure. For me to go to Coburg is rather as if a trainspotter was sent for a few weeks to Swindon or a chocoholic asked on holiday by Green and Black. — A. N. Wilson

Learning to let go of expectations is a ticket to peace. It allows us to ride over every crisis - small or large, brother-in-law or end-of-quarter office lockdown - like a beach ball on water. The next time a problem arises in your life, take a deep breath, let out a sigh, and replace the thought Oh no! with the thought Okay. — Martha N. Beck

Were not the eye made to receive the rays of the sun, it could not behold the sun; if the peculiar power of God lay not in us, how could the godlike charm us? — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The DA is the only party in South Africa that has grown in every national election and that trend must continue, and it must accelerate, because South Africa is in a race against time to save our democracy. — Helen Zille

I'm rather proud of having been a trainspotter. — Samuel West

If you let pride stop you, you will hate life — Timothy Ferriss

Don't try it," he said. The mutant was reading my mind. "You, boy, you're a literary trainspotter ... — Will Self

I am six years old and instead of celebrating with birthday cakes, I chew on a piece of charcoal. — Loung Ung

Superman and Batman got their start, we think, during the twenty-fourth century. Except for a brief period during the Dark Age, they've never gone away. — Jack McDevitt

I used to drink a lot of beer, but I was just getting fat as can be. Now that we've had a little success, I can afford to drink wine. — Tom DeLonge

Never blame anyone for your life. You are responsible for you. — Debasish Mridha

I'm a ho. I'm a ho. The thought popped into my head before I'd even opened my eyes the next morning. It was the same thought I had when I tried to wear red lipstick. — Corrine Jackson

I think something that I can't name about our media has made us move away from that kind of specificity and that kind of curiosity. — George Saunders