-
Quotes
-
Authors
-
George P. Baker
"In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action."
--
George P. Baker
#Reading Quotes
#Play Quotes
#Action Quotes
-
“When I first turned elite in gymnastics, when I was 14, that's when I really became more inspired than ever. I just always kept that in the back of my mind, and always thought about making the 2012 team.”
-
“So of course time is necessary. But nevertheless damn painful, for it transforms all the pieces of your life - joy and sorrow, youth and age, love and hate, terror and bliss - from fire into smoke rising up the air and dissipating on a breeze.”
-
“In Malaysia, where Western culture was extremely influential, I'd grown up listening to Elvis and the Beatles and watching American movies. People wanted to be like Americans. In contrast, when I got here, I saw prosperous middle-class American college students wanting to somehow join the Third World.”
-
“Virtues go ever in troops; they go so thick, that sometimes some are hid in the crowd; which yet are, but appear not.”
-
“Eskimos are uncivilised because they don't have any shops.”
-
“The only real security is not insurance or money or a job, not a house and furniture paid for, or a retirement fund, and never is it another person. It is the skill and humor and courage within, the ability to build your own fires and find your own peace.”
-
“Gin! Gin, are you here?†“Right behind you,†I said. Finn shrieked and whirled around. I winced at the high-pitched sound. “Dammit, woman.†He clutched the folder to his chest. “Are you trying to give me a heart attack?”
-
“It is curious how often erroneous theories have had a beneficial effect for particular branches of science.”
