"Everything comes too late for those who only wait."

-- Elbert Hubbard

#Waiting Quotes #Too Late Quotes

“Lord Beaverbrook was fundamentally a lonely man, with a low sense of his own self-worth, who was incapable of forming a stable, loving relationship with anyone. He could charm or he could bully; he could give or he could take; he was glad to see his guests arrive and pleased to see them go. Although many people genuinely loved him, he was incapable of believing that this was either possible or true. No wonder he was so restless, so impatient, so vindictive, so quick to lose his temper, so eager to stir things up.”
“You're dumber than you think I think you are.”

Source : Robert Towne (1997). “Chinatown ; The Last Detail: Screenplays”, p.119, Grove Press
“When I was five, all I wanted to be was a superstar. Not even lying to you. I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I wanted to be famous.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“You're dead," I repeated. "So why are you in my dream?" He raised the bill of his olive drab ball cap with one finger. " Good question. Morbid, isn't it?" "What?" "Dreaming about dead peolpe. Creepy. You ever see a therapist about that?" "I'm not -" Even in dreams, I couldn't win an argument. Even when he was dead.”
“My father was so good-natured and had such a happy disposition. I've always confused him with Jimmy Stewart. So, think Jimmy Stewart. That's my dad.”
“The stories of past courage... can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.”
“Do not use poisonous words against anyone, for words wound more fatally than even arrows.”
“All the world is full of inscape and chance left free to act falls into an order as well as purpose.”

Source : Donald McChesney, Gerard Manley Hopkins (1968). “A Hopkins Commentary: an Explanatory Commentary on the Main Poems, 1876-89”

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