He wasn't smart enough to see it, said Jason Bourne. He couldn't think geometrically. Votes: 9
Characterization is integral to the theatrical experience. Votes: 8
Greater economic power will be in the hands of too few. Votes: 7
Sundown. The distressed sloop, its mainmast shattered by lightning, its sails ripped by the winds of the open sea, drifted into the small, quiet beach of a private island in the Lesser Antilles Votes: 6
Men and women walked casually about as they did on the main floor, every now and then stopping one another, exchanging pleasantries or scraps of relevantly irrelevant information. Gossip. Votes: 5
Bourne concentrated on rest and mobility. From somewhere in his forgotten past he understood that recovery depended upon both and he applied rigid discipline to both. Votes: 4
The most precious jewels are not made of stone, but of flesh. Votes: 4
A theater person should know what holds an audience and what does not. Votes: 3
Blessed are the flexible for they will not allow themselves to become bent out of shape! Votes: 3
Credo quia absurdum " I believe because it is absurd. Votes: 3
Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is just fine as long as its contained. Votes: 3
Hope, perhaps the most dangerous of all emotions and perhaps the most necessary. Votes: 3
I see things and I hear things I do not understand. I'm a skilled, resourceful... vegetable! Votes: 3
Learn always but never appear to be learning. Votes: 3
The cruelest thing you can do to a person who's living in panic is to offer him or her hope that turns out false. When the crash comes its intolerable. Votes: 3
The success of any trap lies in its fundamental simplicity. The reverse trap by the nature of its single complication must be swift and simpler still. Votes: 3
There'll come a moment when you think you can make it, and you'll try. Votes: 3
I try as best I can to enter the realm of nuances of human behavior. Votes: 2
Perhaps conscience did not always produce cowards. Sometimes it made a man feel better about himself. Votes: 2
Life is extremely complicated. Votes: 2
Before taking her into the library, my wife told me she was an old friend in a marriage crisis. A fatuous lie; at her age there are no crises left in marriage, only acceptance and extraction. (General Villiers) Votes: 1
...Summer nights held a special kind of loneliness that gave rise to strange imaginings. One walked the beach alone and thought too much. Votes: 0
A man's weaknesses may intrude on his faith but they do not diminish it. Votes: 0
Hate and love are essentially the same in that the person who loves is as easily manipulated as a person who hates Votes: 0
How gratifying to be there when arrogance collapses. How much more so to be the instrument. (Alfred Gillette) Votes: 0
I have always preferred conflict of individuals over the battle of extreme ideologies. Votes: 0
I mean, we're all trying to find out who the hell we are, aren't we? Votes: 0
It doesn't bother me. Sure, everybody wants approval, but I came from the theatre and I've always treasured a remark from there which goes: 'For every six people who love you, there will be half a dozen who loathe you.' The quality of an author's work is not usually determined until after his death. Even Dickens got some pretty bad reviews. Votes: 0
It was important to keep moving. Certain struggles continued. Others had to be brought to a close. The wisdom was in deciding which. Votes: 0
The easiest thing in the world is to convince yourself that you're right. As one grows old, it is easier still. Votes: 0
Visions of one powerful scene after another parade across his inner screen, each exploding with drama and meaning Votes: 0
Well, let me tell you, gentlemen, the games of the devil are not restricted to those confined to hell. Others can play them. Votes: 0
What a man can't remember doesn't exist for him. Votes: 0
You know, Mr. Webb, you have two commands you use with irritating frequency. 'Move' and 'Let's go. Votes: 0
You're on your own now. You are not helpless. You will find your way. Votes: 0