M. Jackson Quotes

He is altogether selfish, she thought in some surprise, the only man I have ever sat and talked to alone, and I am impatient; he is simply not very interesting.

I shall weave a suit of leaves. At once. With acorns for buttons.

I assume then, that you have no real faith in the fondness any of the rest of us may feel for you?''None,' said Mrs. Halloran.

It is only with the eyes open that a corporeal form returns, and assembles itself firmly around the hard core of sight.

Let him be wise, or let me be blind; don't let me, she hoped concretely, don't let me know too surely what he thinks of me.

Gossip says she hanged herself from the turret on the tower, but when you have a house like Hill House with a tower and a turret, gossip would hardly allow you to hang yourself anywhere else.

There had not been this many words sounded in our house for a long time, and it was going to take a while to clean them out.

I wonder if I could eat a child if I had the chance.' 'I doubt if I could cook one,' said Constance.

God! Whose hand was I holding?

For plain and fancy worrying, give me a new mother every time.

You will be wondering about that sugar bowl, I imagine, is it still in use? You are wondering, has it been cleaned? You may very well ask, was it thoroughly washed?

Certainly there are spots which inevitably attach to themselves an atmosphere of holiness and goodness; it might not then be too fanciful to say that some houses are born bad.

The number of people who expected Mrs. Hutchinson to win a Bendix washer would amaze you.

It watches," he added suddenly. "The house. It watches every move you make.

Oh Constance, we are so happy.

I'm right now standing inside Hamilton-Selway Fine Art as an artist, as a philanthropist, as a child of God, and more importantly as a human being.

There's something unique about me, we just can't figure out what it is.

Amateurs do things 'till they get it right. Pros do it 'till they can't get it wrong.

The basic rules of life would indicate that it can't last forever, and we'll fall off of the wave and have to climb onto another, but I don't think about it too much. We just keep moving.

I think every record, good or bad, is a representation of us.

Basically, we've learned to delegate. We just grew tired of becoming too psychotic and straining to make the records ourselves.

I think for a group that has a reputation for being shy and elusive, we're actually outspoken.

I'm learning about filming, and just conceptualizing as well. I think it's a good artistic inroad, even to music as well.

The message here is you cannot, under any circumstances, throw an object at an official. You just cannot do it.

I was happy working for the N.B.A., but to be honest, I decided that I'd probably get back into coaching. I missed the teaching, I missed the games, I missed the competition.

The hand check has always been a part of pro basketball.

All history is the history of unintended consequences.

Every society clings to a myth by which it lives. Ours is the myth of economic growth...

For at the end of the day, prosperity goes beyond material pleasures.

If pornographers are among the early adopters of the new technology, then it has definite commercial possibilities.

The history of jazz for the last 45 years has come through the Monterey Jazz Festival stages. I think there's developed a legacy and an aura around the festival.

Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.

I don't feel any part of religion. I think the Bible is God's gift of salvation that He gave me because I trusted in Him when I was six year-old. It was a gift and I didn't earn it.

I've had a lot of struggles and I would be in a lot of trouble, I think, if I wasn't a Christian.

I've never been in the music industry, only acting.

It doesn't make your life stop being fun to be a Christian.

Maybe I'll learn how, but the only thing I can do is turn down parts that would hurt my conscience.

I always dreamed of being Maria in The Sound of Music.

I stayed a virgin until I was 23. I didn't do drugs or drink or smoke.

Sometimes I like to vent.

Now, I don't mind making fun of those preachers who steal money from people, they kind of deserve it.

I watch Glenn Beck and he's taught me well. Progressive is the new word for Communist

I thought it was a really good contrast to have a really sweet, sincere, church girl sitting next to the church lady who seemed kind of, you know, over the top.

Are Christians too stupid that we can't write a script, we can't film a movie OR we don't know how to act?

I remember going to church about four times a week. I liked it a lot.

I always wanted to be on a sitcom.

It seems like the good things that have happened in my career are things that you don't try to plan and push, and make it happen, it just seems to happen.

Well, I didn't really have a plan. I just wanted a hit.

If something pops in my mind and it's easy, I write it.

He's a mean, mean man, but I love him all I can.