"Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity."

-- Chris Van Allsburg

#Christmas Quotes #Eight Quotes #Years Quotes

“When (the Reds) won, we loved it because we ran into the locker room and touched all the bats and gloves and got some bubble gum and red pop. When they lost, we were upset because we didn't get the bubble gum and red pop.”
“In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best. But, since there's no real market for masturbation I had to fall back on my bass playing abilities.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm a director's actor; I'm a storyteller's actor.”
“She longed to throw something at him. A chair. Herself.”
“That's the most difficult issue for me - to find a subject that holds my interest long enough that I'm prepared to go to work and spend the time and energy to shoot the subject”
“The less one remembers about the day before, the more the new day will be unfettered by triviality.”
“It's money that brings trouble. It always has and it always will.”

Source : Mary Roberts Rinehart (2013). “The Great Mistake”, p.282, Overamstel Uitgevers
“We've practiced loving long enough, let's come at last to hate.”

Source : "Foreign Quarterly Review", translation by Thackeray, April 1843.

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