In the important matters we are good men. We honor our parents; we take care of our children, we are industrious and peaceable; we
Quotes
H. W. Brands
That none of the delegates identified themselves as miners, despite the fact that many of them had been in the mines, reflected the feeling
Aristotle
Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner,
Epictetus
Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
William and Mabel Sahakian
As the body needs physical exercise in order to remain in fit condition, man’s spirit also requires the spiritual exercise derived when he confronts
Harpers critic
Hollywood is wherever the young and the ignorant expect to get the triumph without the toil, the reputation without the virtues, the fame without
Peter Bart
Gone with the Wind turned out to be a giant hit in 1939, but along the way it almost destroyed the fortunes of its
Peter Bart
When the first Harry Potter book was optioned by Warner Brothers, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, the studio’s young production chief, was criticized by his then
Peter Bart
Lord of the Rings; Peter Jackson, the director, had the door slammed in his face by almost every studio and independent in the world.
Peter Bart
Men in Black took its studio, Sony, by such surprise that none of the actors had been signed to a sequel. It took five