"A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces."

-- Henry Ward Beecher

#Men Quotes #Self Quotes #Pieces Quotes

“Like the seasons of the year, life changes frequently and drastically. You enjoy it or endure it as it comes and goes, as it ebbs and flows.”

Source : Burgess Meredith (1995). “So far, so good: a memoir”, Thorndike Pr
“There’s only one subject for fiction or poetry or even a joke: how it is. In all the arts, the payoff is always the same: recognition. If it works, you say that’s real, that’s truth, that’s life, that’s the way things are. ‘There it is.’”
“Journalists always like an excuse for why are they talking about something now when they didn't talk about something a week ago. They always like to say something is new.”
“I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty, which will protect the beauty of our natural environment, which will preserve the great old American houses and squares and parks of our national past and which will build handsome and balanced cities for our future.”
“In the days ahead, you will either be a mystic (one who has experienced God for real) or nothing at all.”
“I think a good director is a good listener.”

Source : "INTERVIEW | 'Incendies' Director Denis Villeneuve: 'I think a good director is a good listener'". Interview with Brian Brooks, www.indiewire.com. April 22, 2011.
“I'm not going to run away from my responsibilities.”
“Mrs. Obama has a hug - a sincere and friendly embrace - that has become familiar to countless supporters from coast to coast. And when she talks to you, she focuses all her calm attention on your face.”

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