Complete Life famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep.

  • I love the performance of a craft, whether it is modest or mean-spirited, yet I walk away when discussions of it begin - as if one should ask a gravedigger what brand of shovel he uses or whether he prefers to work at noon or in moonlight. I am interested only in the care taken, and those secret rehearsals behind it. Even if I do not understand fully what is taking place.

  • I think it's absolutely fascinating that in Berlin the parliament can discuss actively the role of their soldiers in Afghanistan because is it still possible, literally, for a German soldier to take up arms.

  • When you make a movie it's always interesting, because you end up in places you never would as a normal visitor or tourist.

  • Wrapped around my son with only the knowledge of the words of the world & a quiet remembrance of watching before this all began.

  • I don't set goals for myself too much, but I'm always trying to write that one great song.

  • The word processor is a better tool than a quill pen because you can do so much more with it, but on the other hand, what you have to say and how you say it is the ultimate determination.

  • I almost never shoot people.

  • I'm no good at the one-liner thing. It's just not me.

  • You may have a barrelful of luck tomorrow. If so- fine. But don't expect it, and most of all, don't sit around waiting for it.