Destroying Things famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • I've certainly had less practice at fatherhood than I have at acting, but in fatherhood, at least my failures are private!

  • I feel the film companies should pay for proper advertising to see that the movie will sell, instead of putting it on our backs.

  • Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.

  • The secret of all failure is disobedience.

  • Nothing had changed in my routine, except that when I went down the chippy and got me special fried rice, it would be wrapped in a newspaper that had my picture all over it.

  • The only mistake that we can make as human beings is to be asleep, unaware of ourselves.

  • Smart people duck when they hear the dread announcement 'I'm going to be perfectly honest with you.

  • I think I've probably re-invented myself three or four times now, if that's what one calls it.

  • Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs that we have inherited, all the values of life will be destroyed.

  • Thou waitest for the spark from heaven! and we, Light half-believers of our casual creeds, Who never deeply felt, nor clearly will'd, Whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds, Whose vague resolves never have been fulfill'd; For whom each year we see Breeds new beginnings, disappointments new; Who hesitate and falter life away, And lose to-morrow the ground won to-day Ah! do not we, wanderer! await it too?