J. F. Stone Quotes

My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia.

Family hang-outs can go very late into the night and involve lots of music.

Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people.

In Australia, kids play in American accents.

He had never believed that spirituality had to be anemic or aesthetic.

You don't feel thirty percent smarter when the stock goes up by thirty percent so when the stock goes down you shouldn't feel thirty percent dumber" Jeff Bezos

I will claim her, and I will protect her, and any who become her enemy? I will destroy.

He was gargoyle. Tonight, his mate would learn exactly what that meant.

She woke to Terak's claws raking through her hair and her body deliciously sore, well-used in the best sense.

In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.

There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.

You haven't got a letter on yours, " George observed. "I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name. But we're not stupid-we know we're called Gred and Forge.

Alas! Earwax!

No, thanks, " said Harry. "The toilet's never had anything as horrible as your head down it— it might be sick." Then he ran, before Dudley could work out what he'd said.

I never know, " Harry called to Hagrid over the noise of the cart, "What's the difference between a stalagmite and a stalactite?""Stalagmite's got an 'm' in it, " said Hagrid.

Creativity sparks originality which then manifests itself into what we call evolution. To depreciate imagination is to depreciate life.

For me, writing is immortality. It is wisdom. It is never-ending.

Yesterday misspent can't be recall'dVanity makes beauty contemptibleWisdom is more valuable than riches.

The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.

There are no boundaries among the geese. How can you have boundaries if you fly?

Today there could be laughter and freedom, but soon the magic would end and they would have to go back to the real world. However, there would still always be time to get under Dak's skin.

I tell you all the time, you will never be able to replace me with a brass and steam contraption.

And I sometimes think that a moment of touching is the difference between complete utter despair and the ability to carry on.

And you are going to be to the light of our kingdom. No one is going to hurt you.

I have no doubt at all the Devil grins, As seas of ink I spatter. Ye gods, forgive my "literary" sins --The other kind don't matter.

Poetry is the whispering of a truth by the shouting of the best possible lies

You have two things of value: your monastery and your people. Translate the book for me, and I'll let you keep one. Which will it be?

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve

What is the difference between a cathedral and a physics lab? Are not they both saying: Hello? We spy on whales and on interstellar radio objects we starve ourselves and pray till we're blue.

It's like killing each other is the only thing we know how to do.

For every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage.

When you win, you often lose, that's just a fact. There's no currency to straighten a warped spirit, or open a closed heart, a selfish heart...

The only thing that comes to those who wait is leftovers.

One can never have enough socks, " said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.

She loved the smell of books, the feel of books, the look of them on the shelf.

There are only two things one can become: Conscious and Unconscious.

Fear, left unchecked, can spread like a virus.

Ignorance might be bliss, but it also has teeth.

I don't want a new purpose. I want what's mine. I want my birthright.

I think, ' Hoa says slowly, 'that if you love someone, you don't get to choose how they love you back.

We come back to the same people to learn something about how we have changed. We want to be assured that we have changed. We so want our pictures to paint differently than they do.

Because that is how one survives eternity, ” I say, “or even a few years. Friends. Family. Moving with them. Moving forward.

Every government is run by liars. Nothing they say should be believed.

I don't know how to change and I'm not sure I want to.

Change your language, change your mindset, change your actions, change your life

From surfeit to loss is a short line.

Hell yeah! Twitter was proof that leaderless self-organizing systems could be true agents of change.

It was Red Rock Canyon. One of the most beautiful places in Waterton... in the Rockies, for that matter. And it was there, waiting for him to find it. As long as he was willing to look for it.

Let me be strong, for to be anything else is to languish in the abyss of compromise and to descend to places of impoverishment so destitute that they will squelch my soul and crush my heart.

It's freezing up here. What did you use to keep warm?""Indignation, " said Michelangelo. "Best fuel I know. Never burns out.