E.L. James Quotes

In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social.

Plato stands for the union of truth and goodness in the supreme idea of God.

Pythagoras took the next important step by subordinating the mere matter of nature to its essential principle of form and order, identifying the latter with reason or the soul.

The prehistorical and primitive period represents the true infancy of the mind.

After an interval of two and a half centuries, the tradition of mystic illumination renewed itself in Italy and Germany.

I like all music. Well, I don't like music that was created to make money. I don't really like bands that don't write their own music

There is no room in the universe for the least contempt or pride; but only for a gentle and a reverent heart.

The health of a community is an almost unfailing index of its morals.

Grief is only the memory of widowed affection. The more intense the delight in the presence of the object, the more poignant must be the impression of the absence.

We can neither change nor overpower God's eternal suffrage against selfishness and meanness.

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere.

All I say is, if you cannot ride two horses you have no right in the circus.

Playing somebody who's obsessed. Playing somebody who is transgressing, and who is really crossing moral lines and ethical lines. That's always interesting.

I try to keep my life low key, and I don't like going to parties unless they're thrown by a friend of mine, or they're to do with a project I'm in, or it's because I've been nominated for an award.

I've seen beautiful actresses get spat at or just someone trying to get a rise out of them so they can get an extra hundred bucks for a photo. It's really rough.

I play football once or twice a week. I eat pretty healthy. I'm in fairly good shape most of the time.

I put headlights in Ford vans. I still drive a Ford.

Throughout my life, I have grappled with my own identity, who I am. As a young child, I often felt ambivalent about myself; in fact, confused.

Because of an adulterous affair I shall leave office in November.

I am resigning because my secret leaves the governor's office vulnerable.

I engaged in an adult consensual affair with another man.

I'm on the board of a national group called Faith in America. It's designed to fight religious-based bigotry.

No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to damnation.

Whiskey don't make liars it just makes fools.

But my shift to the serious study of economics gradually weakened my belief in Major Douglas's A+B theorem, which was replaced in my thought by the expression MV = PT.

Sweet Spirit, grant us the faith to resist our resistance to Thee!

Not what we wish, but what we want, Oh! let thy grace supply, The good unask'd, in mercy grant; The ill, though ask'd, deny.

The day is breaking someone else's heart.

Before trying a novel I wrote a couple of plays.

At college I'd seen my dead frog's limbs twitch under some applied stimulus or other - seen, but hadn't believed. Didn't dream of thinking beyond or around what I saw.

In wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do

Yet nightly pitch my moving tent, a day's march nearer home.

Joys too exquisite to last, And yet more exquisite when past.

Baptize the nations! far and nigh,The triumphs of the cross recordThe name of Jesus glorify,Till every people call Him Lord.

Information is the most valuable commodity in the world today and this business is about giving people access to information that is relevant to their lives.

It is possible to combine a story line and plot line in the same work. Usually the storylines comes first, serving as a background to the plot line, but not always.

God is never late, but He sure is slow.

Unfortunately, the world continues, history continues to produce tragedies. And it is very important that they be documented in a humane way, in a compelling way.

Is it possible to put an end to a form of human behavior which has existed throughout history by means of photography?

Photography can be perceived as the opposite of war.

I don't have a favorite place to see art. I like to encounter it anywhere, museum, gallery, home, studio, street... I do prefer to see good art, when I see art, but it doesn't matter where I see it.

I do make my own brushes and have done so for many years. I'm constantly refining the designs, trying new materials, re-configuring other brushes - all in my never-ending quest for the perfect brush.

In order to keep pace with the influx of work I had to take on fresh hands.

Everything connected with war and warlike exploits is interesting to a boy.

In 1854 I took out a patent for puddling iron by means of steam.

Spoilt is a euphemism for loved.

[Elizabeth Moon's] antagonists are always evil moustache-twirlers. She could write a book about a golf open and the main rival to the hero would turn out to have clubs made from compressed kittens.

If you're constantly stepping outside of the character and judging them, you'll never really be able to fully engage because you'll always be slightly cynical.

Funboy: Pal, something is seriously wrong with you. The Crow: Atrocity has that effect on me.

Childhood is over when you know you’re gonna die.