"My goal was to show that even if people work in a garage or a supermarket, they have very funny things to say. We never hear their voices."

-- Michel Gondry

#Funny Things Quotes #Voice Quotes #Goal Quotes

“Yeah, because what it all boils down to is at the end of the day, we are all riding on the same boat and we have to learn how to deal with each other. I think that the music and what we do in our actions is what can kind of bring us together, hopefully.”
“Time is really for those who really need it. I mean, I deal with it. A lot of people are slaves to the second, minute hand. I can't do that!”
“...after all, who isn't a survivor from the wreck of childhood?”

Source : Nicole Krauss (2011). “Great House”, p.212, Penguin UK
“The belief in God is not therefore based on the perception of design in nature. Belief in design in nature is based upon the belief in God. Things are as they are whether there is a God or not. Logically, to believe in design one must start with God. He, or it, is not a conclusion but a datum. You may begin by assuming a creator, and then say he did this or that; but you cannot logically say that because certain things exist, therefore there is a God who made them. God is an assumption, not a conclusion. And it is an assumption that explains nothing.”
“Salesmanship consists of transferring a conviction by a seller to a buyer.”
“I understand that the end does not justify the means. And this should be a lasting value for democracy.”
“At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make sculpture.”
“Minds, unlike brains, are not entirely given at birth. Minds are also forms of cultural achievement.”

Source : Elliot W. Eisner (2005). “Reimagining Schools: The Selected Works of Elliot W. Eisner”, p.212, Taylor & Francis

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