"To tell an adult exactly what steps to take towards his salvation was apt to weaken him. It deprived him of his inalienable right to trial and error which was tonic to the character."

-- Frances Gray Patton

#Character Quotes #Errors Quotes #Adults Quotes

“Small price to pay for beauty.”

Source : "Fictional character: Butch Cassidy". "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", 1969.
“Night is the other half of life, and the better half.”
“Good bones are important, so it is wise to go slowly and get your plan right before launching into a vital project.”
“Everybody's not going to like jazz, let's just be honest about it. Everybody doesn't like everything. There's a disconnect in generations and some people just aren't going to feel that music.”
“Even someone as lowly as an assistant U.S. attorney has to undergo a background check, and you're asked a series of very invasive questions, and you're expected to tell the truth and they're under penalty of perjury. And you're asked those questions so you can't be blackmailed or extorted.”
“I never thought of myself as a movie star. I'm just a working girl. A working girl who worked her way to the top -- and never fell off.”
“Education no longer has a humanist end or any value in itself; it has only one goal, to create technicians.”
“Boldness, more boldness, and perpetual boldness!.”

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