J.R. Miller Quotes

When you're visiting an antiques fair, turn left once you've passed through the entrance. Everyone else will turn right, which means you can get to the bargains before them.

Kink isn't a crime; conspiring with a foreign power to commit espionage, fix election is. Stay focused.

I understand I have no place here. I understand I am lost in the god's eye. I understand I must find my purpose or I will go mad in this green, godless place.

Everything is going to work out-there's no other option.

What happens is that people who are very religious but who are not in touch with reality, cannot be spiritual.

I've seen batting all over the world. And in other countries too

I am too old to think.

To meet the shortage of supplies from America, due to lack of shipping, the representatives of the different supply departments were constantly in search of available material and supplies in Europe.

... conscienceless efficiency is no match for efficiency quickened by conscience.

Any suggestion that science and religion are incompatible flies in the face of history, logic, and common sense.

I wouldn't want the federal government dictating how I use my cameras, every community has their own issues and their own dynamics.

A true conservative is on the side of science.

Evolution isn't just a take-it-or-leave-it story about where we came from. It's an epic at the centre of life itself. It tells us we are part of nature in every respect.

I've been called many things. But I suppose 'the devil' is as good a name as any.

You in the back," said the principal. "Don't think you can hide. Tell me. What would you like to be?" "Dangerous," said the hidden girl, without a second's hesitation.

You see, faith means listening to your heart, not just your heard. It's not about ignoring facts; it's about being willing to see around them sometimes.

I can’t run around falling in love with fantasies.

This is April," he said, holding up the chicken. "She's the only friend I have left. I saved her from an evil chef at Tavern on the Green, and we've pledged eternal friendship.

Yes, it's funny, isn't it? You try to do what's best for the people you love, and you just end up in trouble for your efforts.

Aside from the nagging, he's the most entertaining hallucination I've ever had.

Beau, will you please watch the entrance for us?" "What should I do if I see anyone suspicious?" "Kick a car," Iain said. "Kick a car?" "To set off the alarm." "Gotcha," Beau said. "Good thinking.

You know, sometimes when you're too close to someone, it's hard to see who they really are.

If by now you're a little confused, don't be too hard on yourself. Life is confusing, and anyone who claims that she has all the answers has probably uncovered the wrong ones.

What takes more guts? To fight for your own life at any cost—or prove that you're willing to lose it?

See? You’re the crazy one, you redheaded freak. I’ve been attempting to translate the phrase into Latin. If I ever succeed, I shall make it my personal motto.

People like to complain about the state of contemporary literature, but I can only assume they don't read it very widely.

Adventure ... is what might otherwise be called hardship if it were attempted in a different spirit.

Writers would be warm, loyal, and otherwise terrific people-if only they'd stop writing.

Every small town that I had ever been to had had a caboose.

Maybe everything really does just have an expiration date--one that you can't see until she tells you she's leaving, and then she's gone.

Perfect love was that kind of love that made no sense but made everything else make sense somehow. It was raw and unscripted, turbulent and slightly unpredictable.

Of all the butterflies that chose to stay, I’m in love with the one that got away.

There is a perfect someone, even if the road to that someone isn’t all that perfect.

It was a completely new feeling for me–like someone had just released a million, tiny butterflies loose in my stomach, and they were feverishly flying up into my head and making me lose my mind.

The past will find a way to squeeze into the present–if you let it.

For while agents and editors often misunderstand their market and sometimes reject good or even great works, they do prevent a vast quantity of truly execrable writing from being published.

Tracking the shiny is so much easier than digging for gold!

There is so much chaos and dysfunction going on with the federal government that Dallas can't wait any longer for federal help.

Writing is such a weird emotional thing. It's hard. If you sit down with a plan to write something, it's going to be harder.

I'm feeling pretty fortunate. I've been having lots of lovely auditions and meetings, so I'm savoring the moment.

I love comedy, and I think thats sort of what comes naturally to me.

After leaving ImageMovers, I sold two pitches to Fox Atomic, which I then wrote for them.

Losing a parent over eight years is a very dark journey. I spent the first four years feeling bad and angry and sorry for myself.

Everything worth doing involves risk.

No matter how well a person writes, a successful book is a team effort involving many, many people.

Courage, like so many other things, was not something one did or didn't have; it was a decision, a choice.

I think we all like to get away from our troubles and worries with a good book.

I was once a single mother, with very few resources, so I have a special place in my heart for women in difficult situations.

I tell you that there are eighty-plus-year-old nudists cavorting on your property, Ashley O'Ballivan, and all you can do is laugh?

Wait until you see him up on a horse