Quotes of: Henry Keyword

By the end of the evening I was like a man, terribly in love with her face and body, which promised so much, and I hated the self created in her by others. Others feel because of her; and because of her, others write poetry; because of her, others ha...

Henry and June: From "A Journal of Love"--The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin

That last afternoon in Henry's hotel room was for me like a white-hot furnace. Before, I had only white heat of the mind and of the imagination; now it is of the blood. Sacred completeness. I come out dazed in the mellow spring evening and I think, n...

Henry and June: From "A Journal of Love"--The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resol...

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley - Volume 1

Theory of the Universe seems to have been, that it consisted solely of a multitude of objects which could be weighed, numbered, and measured; and the vocation to which he considered himself called was, to weigh, number and measure as many of those ob...

The Life Of The Honorable Henry Cavendish

Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day; imbeciles to be in great places, people of sense in small, and mankind gene...

Theory of Fiction: Henry James

Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable? One symbol, indeed, has obscured all others--the minted round of metal. And one may safely say that, of all the age...

The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft

Many fall into the trap of championing the exact theology of a saint from the past, which can have errors and imbalances, and then they perpetuate these problems into the modern Christian world. Such believers are sadly being guided more by their zea...

Uncompromising Faith: Brief Pen Sketches of George Whitefield, John Cennick, George Fox, and Henry Alline

Mary X: [to the crying baby] Shut up! [Baby continues to cry] Mary X: I can't take it anymore! I'm going home! Henry Spencer: What are you talking about? Mary X: All I need is a decent night's sleep! Henry Spencer: Why don't you just stay home... Mar...

Eraserhead

Karen: [narrating] After awhile, it got to be all normal. None of it seemed like crime. It was more like Henry was enterprising, and that he and the guys were making a few bucks hustling, while all the other guys were sitting on their asses, waiting ...

Goodfellas

[Indiana and Henry are tied up] Indiana Jones: Come on, dad. Help me get us out of here. We have to get to Marcus before the Nazis do. Professor Henry Jones: But you said he had a two day head start. That he would blend in, disappear. Indiana Jones: ...

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

[Indy and his father have stolen a plane from the airship, and are now being chased by German fighters] Indiana Jones: Dad, you're going to have to use the machine gun. Get it ready! [Henry turns around and gets the gun ready] Indiana Jones: [spottin...

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

The directors I respect are the ones who have a collaborative attitude, who collaborate with actors.

Eric Braeden

What sculptors do is represent the essence of gesture. What is important in mime is attitude.

Marcel Marceau

When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude.

Richard Pryor

I shall not grow conservative with age.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The 19th century was the age of Individualism; the 20th and 21st are the ages of Socialism.

Francis Parker Yockey

Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere.

George Burns

Youth is wasted on the young.

Oscar Wilde

At the age of fifteen my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general.

Jung Chang

Twenty-two is just such a random age. It's a little blah.

Jennifer Damiano

It's hard for women at my age in Hollywood, but I'm not discouraged.

Jane Fonda