"Without enthusiasm, virtue functions not at all, and vice only poorly."

-- Mignon McLaughlin

#Enthusiasm Quotes #Vices Quotes #Virtue Quotes

“I'm not trying to conquer Hollywood. I love my day job.”
“Don't strive for love, be it.”
“There is a story, always ahead of you. Barely existing. Only gradually do you attach yourself to it and feed it. You discover the carapace that will contain and test your character. You will find in this way the path of your life.”
“For better or worse, editing is what editors are for; and editing is selection and choice of material. That editors newspaper or broadcast can and do abuse this power is beyond doubt, but that is no reason to deny the discretion Congress provided.”
“I don't like to talk about my dreams. I like to make them happen. I prefer to talk about them when they're done.”
“I didn't have a lot of exposure to films as a kid, and I never went to the cinema. I had a single mom who just planted me in front of the television.”
“I keep feeling that people are becoming less human and more animalistic. They seem to think less and feel less so that everyone is operating on a very primitive level. I wonder what you and I will see in our lifetimes. It seems so hopeless yet we must keep on trying ... I guess we can't escape being a product of the times, can we?”

Source : FaceBook post by Bret Easton Ellis from Feb 15, 2013
“It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It's the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That's the power of the gospel.”

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