Variste Son Quotes & Sayings

As a woman who works in a male-dominated business - Hollywood, definitely, being one of them - I instinctually knew what that is like. You have to be strong and take care of yourself. — Olivia Wilde

The value of three things is justly appreciated by all classes of men: youth, by the old; health, by the diseased; and wealth, by the needy. — Omar Khayyam

I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts. — Harold Robbins

We were not many, and the world was very small. There were strange lands to the east- islands like Akutan; so we thought all the world was islands, and did not mind. — Jack London

He said Manhattan had other problems - whatever that meant. And sometimes when I looked across the water, I could swear I was seeing things. Sadie laughed about it, but once I thought I saw a flying horse. Probably just the mansion's magic barriers causing optical illusions, but still, it was weird. — Rick Riordan

Everybody has that feeling when they look at a work of art and it's right, that sudden familiarity, a sort of ... recognition, as though they were creating it themselves, as though it were being created through them while they look at it or listen to it ... — William Gaddis

We all either work for rich people or we sell stuff to rich people. So just punishing rich people is as bad for the economy as punishing anyone. Let's not punish anyone. Let's keep taxes low and let's cut spending. — Rand Paul

Everyone working on 'Tyrant' wants to present the world and the issues in it in an intelligent, open, fair, non-reductive kind of way. For the actors, we have to try and make these stories as truthful and compelling as possible. — Adam Rayner

Writing is basically a job for people who like punching themselves in the face, I'm pretty sure. — Warren Ellis

Keep moving. Don't stop. But don't rush. Don't race around. Sure and steady gets you there every time. — Neale Donald Walsch

The weight of armor and shield will tire even the strongest man. — George R R Martin

When your first marriage goes into tragedy, you become very battle-scarred ... I even thought of suicide. Luckily, I had known some happy marriages. — Paul Engle

Personally, I never believe an artist saying "I do it for myself" is saying the truth, because why would you go through the trouble of making something that goes out into the world if you didn't care about somebody else seeing it? It's like the difference between those who choose "more comfortably termed entertainment" versus what people think of as the "art life," which is supposedly more monastic or spiritual. I don't believe in those distinctions. — Eric Fischl

My responsibility is to try to tell true stories. To me a true story is always hopeful, but never simply, uncomplicatedly happy. — John Green

A lot of that worked itself out in the recording. — David Byrne