"Actors are able to trick themselves into treating anything as if it's fantastic. It's a kind of madness really."

-- Tom Baker

#Able Quotes #Actors Quotes #Kind Quotes

“Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?”
“One mustn't let technique be the consciously important thing. It should be at the service of expressing the form.”
“Ah, Evie,â€ she heard him say softly, â€œI must have a heart, after allâ€¦because right now it aches like the devil.â€ â€œOnly your heart?â€ she asked ingenuously, making him laugh. He lowered her to the bed, his eyes sparkling wickedly. â€œAlso a few other things,â€ he conceded. â€œAnd as my wife, itâ€™s your duty to ease all my aches.”
“There is no wrong way to perform an act of kindness.”
“Humans used to desire love, money, food, shelter, safety, peace and freedom more than anything else. The last 30 years have changed us. Now people want to have a good job, and they want their children to have a good job. This changes everything for world leaders. Everything they do - from waging war to building societies - will need to be carried out within the new context of the need for a good job.”

Source : "The Coming Jobs War". Book by Jim Clifton, 2013.
“The heavenly bodies are nothing but a continuous song for several voices (perceived by the intellect, not by the ear); a music which... sets landmarks in the immeasurable flow of time. It is therefore, no longer surprising that man, in imitation of his creator, has at last discovered the art of figured song, which was unknown to the ancients. Man wanted to reproduce the continuity of cosmic time... to obtain a sample test of the delight of the Divine Creator in His works, and to partake of his joy by making music in the imitation of God.”

Source : "The Sleepwalkers". Book by Arthur Koestler, 1959.
“There is an emerging scientific consensus that global warming is making hurricanes more intense and more destructive. It turns out that Katrina fits into a pattern that scientists and greens have been trying to warn us about for a long time.”

Source : "Hurricane Katrina - an environmental 9/11?". JohannHari.com, September 3, 2005.
“I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.”

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