Quotes
Authors
Michael Ian Black
"There is no word for feeling nostalgic about the future, but that's what a parent's tears often are, a nostalgia for something that has not yet occurred. They are the pain of hope, the helplessness of hope, and finally, the surrender to hope." --
Source : Michael Ian Black (2012). “You're Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death, and Other Humiliations”, p.106, Simon and Schuster
Michael Ian Black
#Pain Quotes
#Parent Quotes
#Feelings Quotes
“You do your job, you get your work done at the rink and then you go home. The big thing is figuring out what you're going to do the rest of the day.”
“Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making.”
“Truth, like time, is an idea arising from, and dependent upon, human intercourse.”
“Operating superficially, the mind is random in its activity and stale in its insights and images. However, with practice and experience the mind is freed from the skull, and the fresh and new can appear as though for the first time. It”
Source : Matsuo Basho (2003). “A Zen Wave: Basho's Haiku and Zen”, p.18, Counterpoint Press
“I am tough minded, but not hard hearted.”
“The ultimate [act] that would be the taboo, to show how bad some villain is, was to have somebody being raped, you know? I don't really think it matters. It's the same as, like, a decapitation. It's just a horrible act to show that somebody's a bad guy.”
Source : Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 22, 2015.
“Hollywood sold its stars on good looks and personality buildups. We weren't really actresses in a true sense, we were just big names - the products of a good publicity department.”
“Hey." Her grin grew as she glanced from me to Nash, then back. "You're blocking the fridge." "There's a cooler in the other room." Nash nodded toward the main part of the house. Emma shrugged. "Yeah, but no one's making out in front of it.”
