P.D. James Quotes
There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.
The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals.
The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country.
For me, the sound design and the musical score is a big part of what makes scary movies work.
Who, last time I'd checked, was still on our official archenemy list. (Yes, we have to keep a list. It's kind of sad.)
What distinguishes the campaign finance issue from just about every other one being debated these days is that the two sides do not divide along conventional liberal/ conservative lines.
Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised
I don't get a chance to be funny with the thrillers. I like to be funny, and I think I am really funny. So with 'Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life', it was fun to let loose.
At that moment I had no mind to change, or not change, or throw against the nearest wall.
Peer reviewers go for orthodoxy ... Many of the great 19th-century discoveries were made by men who had independent wealth-Charles Darwin is the prototype. They trusted themselves.
No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first place brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him.
A way a lone a last a loved a long the riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.
I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of it, through.
The really great writers are people like Emily Brontë who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and unlimited imagination.
A watchful eye must be kept on ourselves lest while we are building ideal monuments of Renown and Bliss here we neglect to have our names enrolled in the Annals of Heaven.
By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.
If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside.
Every now and then, I strike something that just goes click, you know, in my head. As Gertrude Stein used to say, it rings the bell, and I feel, this is great.
The powers of a man's mind are directly proportional to the quantity of coffee he drank.
If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
General, if you put every Union soldier now on the other side of the Potomac on that field to approach me over the same line, I will kill them all before they reach my line.
When we get bumped - we spill what we are full of - Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
Trying to wage war on 23 million Americans who are obviously very committed to certain recreational activities is not going to be any more successful than Prohibition was.
The best way to lead people into the future is to connect with them deeply in the present.
Build a house?" exclaimed John. "For the Wendy," said Curly. "For Wendy?" John said, aghast. "Why, she is only a girl!" "That," explained Curly, "is why we are her servants.
Peter: Oh, the cleverness of me. Wendy: Of course, I did nothing... Peter: You did a little. Wendy: Oh, the cleverness of you.
I'm probably more dangerous in a car than I am on a motorbike; on a bike I'm very mindful of the fact that if you make a mistake you're dead.
I looked around. As flock leader, everyone was expecting me to make a decision. Jeb's presence here would bring uncertainty, chaos, probably danger. It would perk up my day.
It doesn't do much good to have a quality image, whether it's with the facility or whether it's with the merchandise, if you don't have real quality people taking care of your customers.
We've always been in favor of improved wages for workers. When you have a strong middle class, they want to buy more stuff at Costco.
Ajax isn't a technology. It's really several technologies, each flourishing in its own right, coming together in powerful new ways.
Ajax is an important development for Web applications, and its importance is only going to grow.
I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds.
The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think.
Ari felt like, Hellooo, I have wings! I turn into a wolf! Blending is out is out of the question!