E.L. James Quotes

Arbitrage human nature. It's not going to change any time soon.

Free men set themselves free.

Would you end war? Create great Peace.

The people's safety is the law of God.

Every one with this writ may be a tyrant in a legal manner, also may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm.

What must be the wealth that avarice, aided by power, cannot exhaust!

MAY it please your Honors: I was desired by one of the court to look into the books, and consider the question now before them concerning Writs of Assistance.

I do not say that, when brought to the test, I shall be invincible.

Design is a form of competitive advantage. People tend to think of design as good art, good visual language, which it absolutely has to be. But it's also about the ability to do systems thinking.

Labor Day is seen as a day of rest for many hardworking Americans.

We vote - if the public votes 50 percent, we vote 70 percent. So we have a bigger impact with our numbers, and the organization and the manpower we can bring to a race.

The fact that some religious fanatics might support a theory doesn't invalidate it, anymore than the concurrence of UFO abduction cults invalidates the notion of extra-terrestrial life.

Business is good right now, but now my personal life is a disaster.

In a perfect world we don't want to be overly dependent on any single asset or be so dependent on the cycle or where one asset is the bulk of this company.

New management at Nine has launched a concerted attack on its cost base in order to restore margins through eliminating waste, improving efficiency and lowering programming costs.

The history of media is the market share of advertising dollars has followed.. albeit with a lag.

I'm a great believer in new technology and I think new technology is very scary for newspaper companies.

E.P. Whipple calls fanaticism "religion caricatured," which is a full definition in a word.

Women do not disapprove their rivals; they hate them.

When I write I pretend I'm telling a story to someone in the room and I don't want them to get up until I'm finished.

The weird, weird thing about devastating loss is tha life actually goes on.

Who ya gonna call?" "Ghostbusters!" "That phrase is ruined forever.

The writing in Mission to Paris, sentence after sentence, page after page, is dazzling. If you are a John le Carr fan, this is definitely a novel for you.

"Uh-huh," I said. "Because all you mad, evil scientists sit around whipping up batches of Pillsbury's finest during your coffee breaks. I mean, this is pathetic."

They [Erasers] were bad fliers," Angel chimed in, "And in their minds, they weren't all kill the mutants, like they usually are. They were like, remember to flap!

Gazzy: "Captain, like the captain of a ship. And then Terror, you know, T-E-R-O-R.

Max, you're the last of the hybrids who still has...a soul.' ... 'She doesn't have soul,' Gazzy scoffed. 'Have you ever seen her dance?

"I can talk to fish!" Angel said happily, water dripping off her long, skinny body. "Ask one over for dinner," Fang said, joining us.

Ultimately, a great thriller is a roller coaster ride. I like to think that's a promise I have never failed to keep, and one that I'd say has served my books well.

I'm not a writer's writer. I'm not a craftsman. I could be, and that would be a one-book-a-year operation.

I did know that the book would end with a mind-boggling trial, but I didn't know exactly how it would turn out. I like a little suspense when I am writing, too.

Holy [Insert your choice of a swear word here]," said Fang stunned.

Yes. I owed my life, Angel's life, and my mother's life to a mutant's ability to create industrial-strength snot.

She didn't flirt with him, but they hung out together a lot, and every time I saw their heads bent over a computer screen or map, it made my stomach clench. And my teeth. And my fists.

Do you ever have dirty thoughts about spongebob?

I read some, and then visited with people involved in this curious, exciting and somewhat misunderstood sub-culture. I met with a fang maker, who offered to fit me for an exquisite pair.

The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having enough to live upon is often the means of preserving his self-respect.

For my part, I do not much believe in the predilections of boyhood.

We put ourselves there. The door to hell is locked from the inside.

Remember that life is not measured in hours but in accomplishments.

Ive always seen architecture as a healing art, not just as a beautification art.

God gave us family so that when we have a hard time praying for ourselves, we have others who will pray for us.

Okay, who wants to see me take off Snivelly's pants?

Actors are their own worst enemies. They quite often will get in their own way, and I have to be encouraged, endlessly, not to get in my own way.

Ring tones are just irritating, aren't they?

I think the older I get, the less I should be doing.

I don't have much time for real violence at all. I think there are infinitely better ways of changing the world than using violence. Sitting round a table talking is a pretty good start.

Actors tend to get better with age. You start cutting away the useless stuff and achieving a point of effortlessness and simplicity, which is all you want to do, with any art at all.

I often think that drama helps people feel less lonely about things.

The self-regulating mechanism of the market place cannot always be depended upon to produce adequate results in scientific research.