"Pliny... makes the statement, and for untrustworthiness of statement he cannot easily be surpassed."

-- George Henry Lewes

“There are only seven movie stars in the world whose name alone will induce American bankers to lend money for movie productions, and the only woman on the list is Ingrid Bergman.”
“At some point I was a HappyAfricanFeminist who does not hate men. And who likes lip gloss and who wears high heels for herself but not for men.”
“I've never stunned anyone except in our D.A. lessons," said Luna, sounding mildly interested. "That was noisier than I thought it would be.”
“I think it's true that the more sanitized a person is, you can't really relate to that person.”
“Cryptography shifts the balance of power from those with a monopoly on violence to those who comprehend mathematics and security design.”
“When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference to the individual's own spiritual experience is lost. (111)”
“Not all cartoon humor is just about having bugged-out eyes and tongues flying out of people's heads.”

Source : "Collected Interviews: Voices from Twentieth-century Cinema". Book by Wheeler W. Dixon, 2001.
“A living skeleton isn't enough for you, is it? What does it take to impress young people these days?”

You may also like:

Auguste Comte
Philosopher
Charlotte Bronte
Novelist
George Eliot
Novelist
Harriet Martineau
Writer
Herbert Spencer
Philosopher
Johann Friedrich Herbart
Philosopher
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Writer
John Stuart Mill
Philosopher
Phyllis Rose
Literary critic