Quotes about Things, page 5

The principle though remains the same, and the important thing is CBS fought hard, very hard, to protect that principle and will fight again.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about things

If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.

Quote by M. H. Abrams about things

The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.

Quote by Francis Bacon about things

The appeal of literature is that it is so thoroughly a human thing-by, for and about human beings. If you lose that focus, you obviate the source of the power and permanence of literature.

Quote by M. H. Abrams about things

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.

Quote by Francis Bacon about things

I had to force things to happen.

Quote by Victoria Abril about things

Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.

Quote by Francis Bacon about things

The actress they'd hired had refused to appear naked in front of the camera. I didn't like to appear naked either, but the first thing I did was take off my clothes and jump into the pool completely naked.

Quote by Victoria Abril about things

A lot of times, the script is the thing they care about least.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about things

Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about things

Even the people that support Bush aren't happy with the way things are going in Iraq.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about things

I always wanted, and still aspire, to be something more than just one thing, just one performance.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about things

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

Quote by Dean Acheson about things

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

Quote by Dean Acheson about things

I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to get as much media as possible.

Quote by Kathy Acker about things

It's called the movie business because it's a business, and like any other business, people run to that thing they think they'll make money from.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about things

I've always turned to the media because one thing people like that fear is exposure.

Quote by Kathy Acker about things

There are very few things that are purely conceptual without any hard content.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about things

We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things.

Quote by Kathy Acker about things

Those moments right before we invaded, I wish that I could have done something. But professionally, I don't go in that direction of choosing things based on personal politics.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about things