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“Dreams were the worst. Of course I dreamed of food and love, but they were pleasant rather than otherwise. But then I'd dream of things like slitting a baby's throat, mistaking it for a baby goat. I'd have nightmares of other islands stretching away from mine, infinities of islands, islands spawning islands, like frogs' eggs turning into polliwogs of islands, knowing that I had to live on each and every one, eventually, for ages, registering their flora, their fauna, their geography.”
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“The pride in finishing a marathon is much greater than all the pain endured during the marathon.”
Source : Hal Higdon (2005). “Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide”, p.347, Rodale
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“If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I'd draw the curtains.”
Source : Quoted in Colin Jarman The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990).
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“I see bits and pieces of me in all the characters in my films.”
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“Far too many executives have become more concerned with the four P's -- pay, perks, power and prestige -- rather than making profits for shareholders.”
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“There are a lot of legislators who are afraid that kids will learn science and lose their faith.”
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“A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach, And, if it can, at once both please and preach.”
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“I try to just make music that I love, and if I believe in it that's all that matters.”
