M.M. Scott Quotes

The line between confidence and arrogance is very fine, Josh,” Flamel said quietly. “And the line between arrogance and stupidity even finer. Sophie,” he added, without looking at her.

The overwhelmingly successful trial book of my early adolescence had been To Kill A Mocking Bird.

[In] radio, every segment of every hour is a challenge to fill in an interesting way. What I like the most about it is how challenging it is to do it well.

When we win, it will tell every politician in America that if you are bold, if you do the right thing, if you tackle the tough issues, there will be people standing there right with you.

Hurry no man's cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself

Collective bargaining isn't a right, it is an expensive entitlement. Once and for all, we are giving the taxpayers a voice in this debate. We put the power back in the hands of the people.

Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.

I have huge questions about Vision Appraisal - you bet I do. I'm very worried about what happens when we hand over our destiny to an outside company.

The idea of selling a Cezanne to buy a Morisot seems explosively contentious.

O come ye in peace here, or come ye in war, Or to dance at our bridal, young Lord Lochinvar?

Presents are the best way to show someone how much you care. It is like this tangible thing that you can point to and say, Hey man, I love you this many dollars-worth.

There's kind of a toll you have to pay with a cat; if you don't pet her for 10 minutes she'll bother you for six hours.

I'd like now and into the future to play a bigger role not only in Wisconsin and the Midwest, but nationally. I'd like to have an impact.

I wanted a literate, socially intricate, and cosmopolitan world - something I could have fun destroying.

Spangling the wave with lights as vain As pleasures in the vale of pain, That dazzle as they fade.

Never was flattery lost on a poet's ear; a simple race, they waste their toil for the vain tribute of a smile.

I don't think I had a Catherine Bach poster, but I know a lot of my friends desecrated those, big time.

I want to create a little chaos and make people's heads turn.

Faith in the Atonement of Jesus Christ will provide strength and capacity needed for a successful life.

It's got big riffs and really it's a rock and roll album. I think Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver fans will relate to that

When He withholds an answer, it is to have us grow through faith in Him, obedience to His commandments, and a willingness to act on truth.

But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honour of our country, I appeal to our countrymen to see that those who depend on us are properly cared for.

The Kiowas reckoned their stature by the distance they could see.

A tranquil conscience invites freedom from anguish, sorrow, guilt, shame, and self-condemnation. It provides a foundation for happiness. It is a condition of immense worth.

I mean, what do you do in Las Vegas? You gamble - and you go to strip clubs.

Certainly dog driving is the most terrible work one has to face in this sort of business.

I am not a great man, but sometimes I think the impersonal and objective equality of my talent and the sacrifices of it, in pieces, to preserve its essential value has some sort of epic grandeur.

And at the end of the day, if the movie's no good, I'll live to fight another day.

I wake up at 5 a.m. every day and go to bed early.

I was a scam artist in high school for a while.

Optimism is the content of small men in high places.

But it seemed to me that the American way of doing things was to obliterate a complete area, without really knowing exactly what was there and where they were.

If all your clothes are worn to the same state, it means you go out too much.

Adversity is, to me at least, a tonic and a bracer.

It is a weak man who blames his failures on the strength of others.

Only stupid men trying to seem smart need to be with dumb women. Only weak men trying to look strong are attracted to compliant women.

Soldier, rest! Thy warfare o'er, Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking, Dream of battled fields no more. Days of danger, nights of waking.

When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.

If you lay a hand on me I'll ram your testicles so far up inside your abdomen it'll take a heart surgeon to get them out.

I make a movie because it's something that inspires me.

Actually, I've only been involved with one girl I worked with. It was Alyssa Milano. We didn't actually have an onscreen kiss - we're about to but it gets broken up.

One bachelor is an irritation. Ten thousand bachelors are a war.

Woe to the youth whom Fancy gains, Winning from Reason's hand the reins, Pity and woe! for such a mind Is soft contemplative, and kind.

I guess I hit a point while I was in college when I realized I would have to do something with my life!

There are so many people I would love to work with, like Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Gary Oldman - maybe Tom Cruise. I wanna play his brother in something - so call my agent!

I was always enamored with TV shows and movies. But you didn't grow up in my town and turn into an actor.

Each movement is only learned after you've perfected the one before it.

I'm not planning a career change - not unless they need someone who constantly falls on the ice and is out of breath all the time.

When I marry, it will be to a faithful returned missionary in the Temple.

Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day.