"The only thing that they can be relied on to do is to gallop too far and too fast."

--

Duke of Wellington

“I want people around me who call me out and hold me accountable.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The boy in the pearl gray suit could have been Jane's twin. His hair was darker, and his lips were not as full, but he was just as lovely.”
“Jack, you've debauched my sloth.”
“It's great fun if you get a good piece of writing and you can pretend to be someone else, tell a story that needs to be told, make some kind of connection. I've always fancied myself as a leading man, but I really doubt whether anyone else sees me that way.”
“I lead by example. My kids know what sweat is. They've seen me come home from so many runs and asked, 'What's on your skin? How did you get it?' And I tell them, 'It's from exercise!' So now my son will come home from a bike ride, take off his helmet and say, 'Look, Mom. I'm sweating! I just worked out!'”
“We have not touched the stars, nor are we forgiven, which brings us back to the heroâ€™s shoulders and the gentleness that comes, not from the absence of violence, but despite the abundance of it.”
“When I make my drawings... the path traced by my pencil on the sheet of paper is, to some extent, analogous to the gesture of a man groping his way in the darkness.”
“Once in his lifetime every artist feels the hand of God and creates something that comes alive.”

Source : "Fictional character: Prof. Henry Jarrod". "House of Wax", www.imdb.com. 1953.

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