Christopher Quotes

Virtue is the fount whence honour springs.

Time doth run with calm and silent foot, Shortening my days and thread of vital life.

O soul, be changed into little waterdrops, / And fall into the ocean, ne'er be found!

I'm armed with more than complete steel, - The justice of my quarrel.

Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product.

As is so often the case with pieces that appear in the 'Onion,' I honestly could not decide whether this was a clever hoax or not - the arguments were almost exactly as stupid as the real thing.

I make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the emphasis on not dying, and on acting as if I was going to carry on living.

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

You can do anything you think you can.

My dad's full of encouragement and support. It just feels like abandonment and neglect.

I've made three musical movies which is pretty good considering that not many are made but I was lucky in other ways. I came along when independent movies were starting to boom.

The last three decades have seen the collapse of the family wage system.

The left no longer stands for common sense, as it did in the days of Tom Paine.

I don’t have a body, I am a body.

The prison life of the past looks in our own time like liberation itself.

I doubt if one ever accepts a belief until one urgently needs it.

You stars that reigned at my nativity, whose influence hath allotted death and hell.

I believe, Eragon, that you are full of love and that you are looking for one who will reciprocate your affection. No shame exists in that.

In an individualistic culture, the narcissist is God's gift to the world. In a collectivist society, the narcissist is God's gift to the collective.

I've had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.

I am now going from a prison to a palace: I have finished my work, and am now going to receive my wages.

It's overwhelming. I feel as if I am living in an illusion a dream where all things are possible. Amazing things do happen I know but always to someone else always in some far off place and time.

Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing.

No problem is so big and difficult that it can't be blamed on somebody else.

Most Glorious and eternal Majesty, Thou art righteous and holy in all thou dost to the sons of men, though thou hast suffered men to condemn Thy servant, Thy servant will not condemn Thee.

I am a patriot, and I protest speed limits by exceeding them.

Pour not on the comforts you want, but upon the mercies you have. Look rather at God's ending in afflicting, than to the measure and degree of your affliction.

Primate and elephant and even pig societies show considerable evidence of care for others, parent-child bonding, solidarity in the face of danger, and so on.

I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.

Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?

Make it new is the message not just of modern art but of modern consumerism, of which modern art is largely a mirror image.

Either you vegetate and look out a window, or activate and try to effect change.

All the time, I've felt that life is a wager and that I probably was getting more out of leading a bohemian existence as a writer than I would have if I didn't.

Heist movies tend to be a bit superficial, glamorous, and fun. They don't tend to be emotionally engaging.

When I was a kid I joined the circus. I did that. It is true. But it's not like you think. There was a guy, he had his own circus. His name was Carol Jacobs and he owned it. It was a small thing.

May your swords stay sharp -Brom

I'm scared of everything. I think it's only sensible to be that way.

If a martian were to land on earth now and be told that the best batsman in the world was playing in this match, he would think it was Rahul Dravid and not Sachin Tendulkar.

Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature of this connection.

Happiness is only real if shared.

A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction.

Relationships between governments are important, but relationships between people are the real foundation of mutual understanding.

It's a band singing on how metal should be played, the effect it has on the band and its listeners.

Who cares who comes out of the closet or not, so long as you're happy?

It's a big mistake to think that your own cause, or your own country, or your own side has God in its corner. For one thing, it commits the sin of pride.

I always wondered if I was supposed to be excellent at something or not. I think, because of that, I have a lot of insecurities about myself.

You know, I never expected to enter the movie business.

Consider Palin for President? The most powerful job on earth? You don't give the dumb cheerleader the Uzi. That's in the Bible.

If you don't make a few ememies now and then, you're a coward-or worse. Besides, it as worth it to see his reaction. Oh, he was angry! - Angela to Eragon

I am, I hope, never offensive by accident.