Westacott Way Quotes & Sayings

The point which I should first wish to understand is whether the pious or holy is beloved by the gods because it is holy, or holy because it is beloved of the gods. — Plato

When I say I do, the justice of the peace replies, 'I know, I know ... ' — Mickey Rooney

The journey not the arrival matters. — T. S. Eliot

My grandmother whispering to herself, over and over, David is in heaven now, David is in heaven now,' my mind repeating Schrodinger's Cat, Schrodinger's Cat. — Jeanette Winterson

The right name is an advertisement in itself. — Claude C. Hopkins

My only goal as a comedian was to stomp the life out of the model-minority myth. — Eddie Huang

The end of art is peace. — Seamus Heaney

One never gets any fun Out of things you haven't done. — Emrys Westacott

I want to see you again tonight, but I'm willing to wait all night and much of tomorrow - Augustus Waters — John Green

The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest. — Clifton Fadiman

Half of me is very excited and the other half is 'Haven't we seen this stuff before?' But I'm very impressed. I almost couldn't picture it when it was being put together. I couldn't picture it being in my hand, what it would look like. — Jaime Hernandez

As a Swiss writer once said, "We wanted a labor force but human beings came," and what nobody had foreseen was that those workers would bring their mosques, their holy book, and huge swathes of their culture with them. — Terry Hayes

The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume. — Paul Theroux

I'm just a movie fan. I used to go to the movies just to watch movies. — Debbie Reynolds

When I was a fireman I was in a lot of burning buildings. It was a great job, the only job I ever had that compares with the thrill of acting. — Steve Buscemi

If you have ever been accused of being rude when you were merely stating the truth, or called a gossip because you like to dwell on other people's actions, Westacott is for you. His linked studies of everyday vices offer elegant analysis of the goods that lurk in behavior that is usually condemned. This wise book is practical philosophy in the best sense. — Mark Kingwell

I was flying planes before I was driving cars. I started gliding when I was fourteen, about when I started photographing. I was a geeky kid, and the camera was a way in high school for me to have some power. Flying was, too, I guess. — Michael Light