Triona Mccarthy Quotes & Sayings

Working with any actor is like working with a monkey. — Marlon Brando

Thy plain and open nature sees mankind
But in appearance, not what they are. — James Anthony Froude

a prince, so long as he keeps his subjects united and loyal, ought not to mind the reproach of cruelty; because with a few examples he will be more merciful than those who, through too much mercy, allow disorders to arise, from which follow murders or robberies; for these are wont to injure the whole people, whilst those executions which originate with a prince offend the individual only. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Genetically modified foods are good. — James D. Watson

People are not prisoners of fate, but prisoners of their own minds. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

In a nutshell, this United Nations non-profit organization [World Food Programme] feeds millions of starving children at schools in third world countries as an incentive for them to attend school, which in turn might better their futures. They do so much more but I was so struck by this story. — Sheryl Crow

We are God chosen-souls. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I never asserted such an absurd thing as that things arise without a cause. — David Hume

There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale. — Charles De Lint

If you think about the history of mobile handsets, in many respects there was a time when Asia and then Europe all led North America. — Stephen Elop

Notice this rent in my garment; I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the universe. — Jack Vance

We can't write a serious novel in the 21st century without acknowledging the inescapable self-awareness we're stuck with. The idea we're surrounded by falsehoods and lies. It's hard for the thinking person to believe in narratives. And yet we want some place to invest our belief. — Michael Helm

He didn't reply but by then she'd found something else to occupy her attention. His eyes.
Though she'd expected them to be as serviceable as the rest of him, they were a smoky blue-gray fringed in dark lashes. Pretty eyes. Even when he stared her down like a cop might a perp. And not just any perp. One who was heavily armed and an imminent flight risk. — Cari Quinn

It was a dramatization of total chaos, a functional definition of confusion, an unchoreographed dance of sad violence. It was war. — Dan Simmons

Irving Berlin was the greatest songwriter of all time. I was in awe of him. But his music wasn't my music. My music was the blues. — Jerry Leiber