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“Unless we insist that politics is imagination and mind, we will learn that imagination and mind are politics, and of a kind we will not like.”
Source : Lionel Trilling (2012). “The Liberal Imagination”, p.100, New York Review of Books
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“For I, hearing my Lord's estate amongst many more estates was to be sold, and that the wives of the owners should have an allowance therefrom, it gave me hopes I should receive a benefit thereby.”
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“If we are going to be masters of our destiny, we must be masters of the ideas that influence that destiny.”
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“At the end of the day, man, you can't protect yourself from a haymaker that's coming in toward your face if you don't see it coming.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“If only. The saddest two words in any language.”
Source : Maggie Osborne (2003). “Shotgun Wedding”
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“Claim whatever you want. Say you only want a happy family or a successful career or a big house. I say: no, that's not what you want. You'll settle for those things, but you really want a monkey that does your evil bidding. Pullman is a genius just for this.”
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“Have you ever felt worse after a run?”
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“I love intricate plotting and exciting twists, but I realize more that people enjoy a good story in a simple, focused way.”