Down And Quotes - Page 23

I saw at a young age that one bad break can turn a family's financial life upside down. And it has affected everything in my life since then.

I love to make music that makes people feel mood-enhancing, life-affirming brilliance but I just make whatever comes out at the time and sometimes it's up and sometimes it down and sometimes it sideways with a hint of s smile.

It's wonderful to be able to sit down and write a play.

Break in the sun till the sun breaks down, And death shall have no dominion.

I never really had a career, to be honest with you. I never in my life sat down and planned it. I have thought, 'Oh, I'd like to do this,' like anybody would. But I'm not the type that says, 'If I do this, it will lead to that.'

I think we all felt it on this movie - crew and cast. You never know when you're making a movie... no one is saying in the middle of Casablanca that this is going to be a classic. The lead actors had turned it down and I think they wound up with B-list actors at the time.

I've always found that the best things I've ever written, or the things I like the most that I've written, are things where it's a pure idea, and you just follow it and put it down and see if it works.

I feel really connected to these young ladies I get to work with; I'm dancing around with them and playing music for them. We sit down and get to know each other so we have a shorthand.

...and the renewed shock had nearly made him spill his drink. He drained it quickly before anything serious happened to it. He then had another quick one to follow the first one down and check that it was all right.

I do not think writers or anybody would sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something. If they write about their own experiences, something true is going to emerge.

If you want to be a writer in the world you really have to sit down and say, 'Why do I want to do this and why was I drawn to it to begin with?' And keep reminding yourself to return to that original impulse.

Meditation is the calm in the chaos, the fastest way to settle down and get in touch with the stillness within.

You learn a lot from financial disclosure. And you should go down and take a look at that.

People will know that you can't just smuggle in, hunker down and wait to be legalized. It's not going to work that way. Those days are over.

Lying Ted, right? You know, lying Ted comes in with a bible held high. You know that, right? It`s held high. He puts the bible down and then he starts lying all day long.

Find ways to decentralize. Move decision making authority down and out. Encourage a more entrepreneurial approach.

Johnny can get down and Johnny can throw up, but Johnny can't read.

Apparently it'll all settle down and they'll forget about it soon.

Speaking of the devil, well here he comes now. Got my defenses down. And I'd go through hell to make him mine.

God would come down and lead us out of bondage. And God led us out of bondage.

The suns going down and we cant afford to come back to it tomorrow.

No, I don't, like, play an instrument or anything.I'm just...well, you saw me at the beginning there. I was the guy that fell down and died.

Hey, guess who's gay? The Green Lantern from the comic books. Today Mitt Romney knocked him down and shaved his head.

The more familiar the world becomes, the less information your brain writes down, and the more quickly time seems to pass.

It is actually a lot harder to sit down and write from A to Z. But for me at least, it's the only way I can do it, at this point, with any moderate success.