"There's a very interesting article or symposium to be written on just the real difference between comedy filmmaking and non-comedy. Because, you know, when you work in comedy, you depend on audience screenings to tell you about your movie."

“I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all..”

Source : Leo Rosten (1978). “Passions & Prejudices: Or, Some of My Best Friends are People”

“Planned Parenthood is a gigantic bully, using Komen as its own personal punching bag,”

“A child does not notice the greatness and the beauty of nature and the splendor of God in his works.”

Source : Rudolf Otto (1996). “Autobiographical and Social Essays”, p.72, Walter de Gruyter

“If the Dauntless knew about this, everyone would be getting in line to learn how to drive it,” he says. “Including me.” “No, they would be strapping themselves to the wings.” Christina pokes his arm. “Don’t you know your own faction?”

“I'm a kind of hard-wired pessimist. I can't help but see the world in a certain kind of way.”

“Beauty walks a razors edge, someday I'll make it mine.”

“I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different greens in the trees, but when I get ready to paint I just close my eyes and imagine a scene.”

Source : "TIME", Vol. 52, 1948.

“Kind are her answers, But her performance keeps no day; Breaks time, as dancers. From their own Music when they stray.”

Source : 'The Third Book of Airs' (1617) no. 7