Most people in this country are looking for literature that is useful. They feel that just exploring their feelings is good enough - they should be reading about leveraged buy-outs or how to get thin. We live in a culture that is so absolutely, madly...
There is a deep and perennial and profoundly human impulse to approach the world with a DEMAND, to approach the world with a PRECONDITION, that what has got to turn out to lie at THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE, that what has got to turn out to lie at THE...
Nicky Santoro: Ace don't... listen, don't... don't make a scene, all right? Ace Rothstein: I want to just talk. I want to talk to that Irish bitch. Nicky Santoro: She didn't know who to turn to. She... she didn't know where to turn. She was tryin' to...
Bloat: Nemo, newcomer of orange and white, you have been called forth to the summit of Mt. Wannahockaloogie to join with us in the fraternal bonds of tankhood! Nemo: Huh? Peach: We want you in our club, kid. Nemo: Really? Bloat: If you are able to sw...
Christian: India! India! It's set in India! And there's a courtesan, the most beautiful courtesan in all the world. [Turns to the Duke] Christian: But her kingdom's invaded by an evil Maharaja! Now, in order to save her kingdom, she has to seduce the...
Cyrus: The problem in the past has been the man turning us against one another. We have been unable to see the truth, because we have fighting for ten square feet of ground, our turf, our little piece of turf. That's crap, brothers! The turf is ours ...
I excuse myself and go to the ladies’ room. Washing my hands, I give myself a little you can do this type pep talk. When I walk out, I see him leaned up against the wall opposite the door. "Long line for the men's room?" I try to joke, moving past ...
You think you've lost yor horse? Who knows, he may bring a whole herd back to you someday.
Otto Meyer: So, what's wrong with your wife? Miner: That's the trouble, the doc's not sure. He says whatever it is, she's too sick even to be moved. She needs this special stuff and we haven't got a phone so I went to get it and that's when... Slow d...
A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away.
The old man has his death before his eyes; the young man behind his back.
God is merciful to all who repent and turn to Him.
I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6.
Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is immortal.
When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
You can turn something into art just because of the way you tell people to look at it.
Life happened because I turned the pages.
I have so much hate that it has turned into love.
Is my world turning into Harry Potter's?!
I was trained to turn loneliness into laziness.
I turned to the clarinets. They were a resourceful lot.
