"I'm always glad to be offered roles, but wouldn't take any role as this could do you more harm than good, but I've been at what they call 'on the top' as far as being known for twenty years."

-- Peter Cushing

#Years Quotes #Roles Quotes #Twenties Quotes

“There is much virtue in a window. It is to a human being as a frame is to a painting, as a proscenium to a play, as 'form' to literature. It strongly defines its content.”
“There are many examples of women that have excelled in learning, and even in war, but this is no reason we should bring em all up to Latin and Greek or else military discipline, instead of needle-work and housewifery.”

Source : Bernard de Mandeville (1723). “The Fable of the Bees”, p.167, Jazzybee Verlag
“Fame is not just about being able to get out of a limo in Leicester Square, it's about trying to get into your house when there are eight photographers outside. When you think about being famous, you don't think about all that stuff. You think about the glamour.”

Source : FaceBook post by Rick Astley from Jan 05, 2012
“I don't think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly enough, creative writing programs seem to have been good for fiction, and I would not have predicted that.”
“I love to sleep. My astrological sign is the sloth.”

Source : Julie Schumacher (2012). “The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls”, p.50, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“The task of cinema or any other art form is not to translate hidden messages of the unconscious soul into art but to experiment with the effects contemporary technical devices have on nerves, minds, or souls.”
“If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.”
“I don't often agree with the RSPCA as I believe it is an animal's duty to be on my plate at supper time.”

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