Quotes from William Bernhardt

Public opinion is no excuse for betraying your conscience. If the people don't like what he does, the can vote him out next election. - Christina McCall

In his terrific book, Adventures in the Screen Trade, William Goldman wrote that the best approach to a good scene is to leave out the beginning and the end (the parts readers can readily guess or that matter least)

You may outgun me, outman me, and outspend me. But I'm a writer. I will outplot you.

Walking was her only hope. A slender hope, but all she had. So she put one foot in front of the other. And walked.

But if ever there was an argument to be made for the complex, it was sitting before him at this very moment.

Fact remains ---Roush could be a fine justice. A lot better than some of the idiots on the court now, men and women who only got there because their lives have been so damned boring they could survive the confirmation process. - Senator Josiah Keyes

Many things can be cured with experience and training. Stupidity is not one of them. - Leon

If you find out she sidelined money to pay off a porn star, she's toast. Oh wait—that's ok now." "Only for men

If she wanted to win a case for first-degree murder, she would have to present more damning evidence than this. Unfortunately, Dan knew Jazlyn wouldn't have brought the charges if she didn't think she could win. And she was usually a good judge of cases.

People who hate gays aren't prejudiced because of some obscure passage in the BOok of Leviticus. This prejudice, like every other prejudice, is based on the fact that we are different from them. They don't care that mankind was made in God's image; they want the world to be mad in their image. Bottom line, they get uptight because I'm not just like them. And that scares them. And scared bunnies do crazy things. - Tony Barovick

Two platters of cashew chicken double delight, egg rolls, lumpia dogs, dessert, coffee"—she paused—"and this.

Mercy is the best attribute of humanity. The is nothing wrong with it. - Dr. Danie Estevez

She was married to Jack before she married my father." "Correct." "But she later divorced Jack and married my father." "Also correct." "And you all lived together?" She waved her hand in the air. "It was another time. Have a seat.

The green jackets were the exclusive attire of the past champions of the Masters tournament. This was their one night of the year to wear them. And no one was allowed to take them home.

Competing egos, status struggles, clashes of styles and personalities—this is the stuff conflict thrives upon.

His only indulgence was the stereo system: Mitsubishi receiver and CD player, Boston Acoustic speakers.

You have to realize just because things don't have tangible reality, that doesn't mean they don't exist. Ideas are just as real as people and property. Ideas have changed the world profoundly to an extent most people never approach

Some questions simply have no answers. It was meant to be that way. If we could prove empirically that God exists - what would be the point? That wouldn't be faith. That would be science class. True religion requires an act of faith - that's what defines it.

I generally eschew frivolous and meaningless social encounters. - Arlo Patterson

He'd shot a 136—a full ten strokes better than Conner.

We always have a choice, Colonel Zuko. From the day we're born. The choice to do good. Or the choice to do evil. - President Kyler

All I'm suggesting is that the President, like any other U.S citizen, is entitled to constitutionally provided protections. Like due process. Like the right to fair trial. Part of the reason these constitutional guarantees were created to prevent hasty, reactionary decisions in difficult times that would undermine the fundamental philosophy of the nation. - Ben Kincaid

If you want something bad enough, you find a way to make it happen. - Seamus McKay

You are my sunrise. Your smile lights up my world. I could give anything just to see you happy. True love is not in getting things from others but in giving and sharing more and more.