Random Quotes

I've written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck.

J. Michael Straczynski American Producer

When you're in a movie, they treat you like you're four years old and give you whatever you want.

Eric Stoltz American Actor

Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement.

Dan Quayle American Vice President

If your library is not 'unsafe,' it probably isn't doing its job.

John Berry British Soldier

Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.

E. Joseph Cossman Businessman

If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

Norman Vincent Peale American Clergyman

I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.

Ella Fitzgerald American Musician

The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance.

Ansel Adams American Photographer

I went straight in. Fade in, one... whatever. He's playing the piano in the radio station.

Ronald Harwood South African Playwright

I've made out more this season on a family-friendly show than ever in my actual life.

Lauren Graham American Actress

I listened more than I studied... therefore little by little my knowledge and ability were developed.

Joseph Haydn Austrian Composer

I really love the karate thing I did on CHIPs. I studied with a trainer because I knew we'd do episodes that had karate.

Erik Estrada American Actor

Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.

St. Jerome Saint

You don't have to know anything about music to understand what I write. Mine are simple melodies.

Harry Warren American Composer

People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.

Robert Mapplethorpe American Photographer

Primary care must never be seen simply as a set of organisational structures.

John Hutton English Educator

The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds.

Frederick William Robertson English Clergyman

A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs.

Wentworth Miller English Actor

Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you can see it.

Cornel West American Educator

My 10th Sonata is a sonata of insects. Insects are born from the sun... they are the sun's kisses.

Alexander Scriabin Russian Composer