Quotes About Engagement

So I decided to move that scene in the doctor's office to two-thirds into the movie, after the viewers had come to know Ryan and Ali and share in their happiness.

Plezier, ze ze, kan een mens alleen beleven aan iets wat hem weinig interesseert.

Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them, rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away from.

By whatever means it is accomplished, the prime business of a play is to arouse the passions of its audience so that by the route of passion may be opened up new relationships between a man and men, and between men and Man. Drama is akin to the other

A good newspaper is a nation talking to itself.

A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.

The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of the general public at any particular time. When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public. A precondition for reading good books is not reading bad ones: for life is short.

Treat a work of art like a prince: let it speak to you first.

The hare was following the interchange; it appeared to nod during Vatanen's words.

I only know two kinds of audiences - one coughing, and one not coughing.

Y es que diversión y educación hacen a los ciudadanos laboriosos y responsables. Ayudan a eso los saraos públicos, cafés y casas de conversación, juegos de pelota, teatros... —Y

Acudiendo a la cita como la mayor parte de las mujeres acudían a la primera cita: más por curiosidad y desafío que por deseo.

En algunos momentos de la Historia, la pasividad es un crimen.

el don más preciado del nómada y el aventurero: la facilidad para entablar conversación con cualquier extraño, sobre todo si el extraño pertenecía al sexo opuesto.

Como los seriales de la radio. Vivir emociones ajenas y disfrutarlas.

El que Todo lo Sabe ha dicho que todas las oraciones y toda la ascética, no importa por cuanto tiempo se practiquen, se cultivan en vano si el pensamiento permanece indolente o distraído.

The worst part of modern technology is the way it robs you of the found moments. The little discoveries, even intimacy!

We do not have the right in the name of social justice to bore anyone to death.

The panel was selected from the voting rolls, and, since candidates running for office seldom represent the interests of Black and poor people, Blacks and the poor don't vote. But failing to vote means they don't sit on juries.

I knew I didn't want to be an intellectual, spending my life in books and libraries without knowing what the hell was going on in the streets. Theory without practice is just as incomplete as practice without theory. The two have to go together.

We relate to and remember stories better than we do numbers, but storytelling can lead us into fantasyland quickly

we're bumping into each other all the time...

The art of conversation consist as much in listening politely, as in talking agreeably.

a large number of the Busters and Mosaics have rarely attended church, if at all. Their question for the established church is, Why should I attend your church when there are so many other things that I could be doing?