H. T. Miller Quotes

That's where all of us are standing now, he thought. On the fat kindling of past sins.

Meaning is something we experience more than we attain. It's like finding a nice, easy current in a river that carries you through life.

Time, the ultimate arbiter of what is of value in life.

People love to talk but hate to listen.

It was not really possible to understand oneself, let alone another human being.

... if you love your country why is it necessary to hate other countries?

The camera has its own kind of consciousness; in the lens the Garden of Eden itself would become ever so slightly too perfect.

Every time I am reading actors I can pretty well tell which ones have studied with Meisner. It is because they are honest and simple and don't lay on complications that aren't necessary.

The mission of the theatre, after all, is to change, to raise the consciousness of people to their human possibilities.

You cant get very far in this world without your dossier being there first.

Willy Loman: I don't want change, I want Swiss cheese!

Success, instead of giving freedom ofchoice, becomes a way of life.

I cannot sleep for dreaming; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I'd find you coming through some door.

It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I will do it as long as I can. When you reach a certain age you can slough off what is unnecessary and concentrate on what is. And why not?

...an everlasting funeral marches round your heart.

People do look to others for some leadership, and it's not bad for them to supply it when they feel that way.

The need of man to wholly realize himself is the only fixed star.

A man is not a bird, to come and go with the springtime.

... so many tremendous decisions in life are made because it is five o'clock.

Nevertheless, one learned very early that books had to be respected; they were all putative Bibles and to some small degree had a share in holiness.

Data is a lot like humans: It is born. Matures. Gets married to other data, divorced. Gets old. One thing that it doesn't do is die. It has to be killed.

PROCTOR, his mind wild, breathless: I say--I say--God is dead!

Despite all the pressure and the caliber of accomplishment, I still can honestly say that it's not all about winning.

Embrace the work opportunity you have today. It may be the stepping-stone you need on your way to success.

No high achiever ever woke up in the morning and said ‘let’s see what happens.’

Passion is more developed than discovered.

Choosing to associate with positive, optimistic people will accelerate our positive growth.

Don't settle for comfortable misery, a sad state where you're hanging on to what is most predictable and familiar at the risk of letting exciting opportunities pass you by.

Find ways to embrace the things that make you unique, and you'll unlock the ways you can make a difference in the world.

In today’s work arena, creativity may be more of an asset than competence.

The left promises abortion rights and cradle to the grave protection, so the trick is to make it to the cradle.

Just be good and kind to your children. Not only are they the future of the world, they're the ones who can sign you into the nursing home.

Even the best psychiatrist is like a blindfolded auto mechanic poking around under your hood with a giant foam "We're #1" finger.

To me, nature always appears more unbalanced than Gary Busey with a clogged Eustachian tube.

We are simultaneously the most hated, loved, feared and admired nation on this planet. In short, we are Frank Sinatra.

Two wrongs may not make a right, but a thousand wrongs make a writer.

America may be the best country in the world, but that's kind of like being the valedictorian of summer school.

When I said 'we', officer, I was referring to myself, the four young ladies, and, of course, the goat.

The man who accused Richard Simmons of slapping him in an airport has dropped the assault charge. Dropped it! Upon hearing the news, Simmons sadly responded, "You mean I'm not going to prison?"

That receiver was as wide open as Annabel Chong.

We should fight to preserve a country where people such as Michael Moore get to miss the point as badly as he misses it. Michael Moore represents everything I detest in a human being.

I love this country for several reasons, not the least of which is that I know I'm allowed to hate it if I want to.

The Patriots deflated balls are but an allegory for America's deflated balls in dealings with Putin, the Mullahs in Iran, and Islamic terrorists.

How many of those dead animals you see on the highway are suicides?

One man's Voltaire is another man's Screech.

Bad television is three things: a bullet train to a morally bankrupt youth, a slow spiral into an intellectual void, and of course, a complete blast to watch.

Branson, Missouri, is Vegas for people with no teeth.

Growing up, my family wasn't very tight. We were more like a tour group with secrets.

Most Americans will let liberals and conservatives play their games because most Americans don't pay attention.

Ah, Feminism in the nineties, what a What is yours what is mine field.