E.L. James Quotes

That worst evil of long dictatorships: the loss of all political experience.

If it was up to the studio, everything would be shot with a camcorder.

You know, in the film making business no one ever gives you anything.

I think the Democratic Party has the chronic problem of appearing to be weak, of not standing and fighting for what it believes in, not fighting for its own.

The only thing I'm running for is the state line.

You don't need a guidebook to see New Orleans - just a good pair of shoes.

Intelligence is the effort to do the best you can at your particular job; the quality that gives dignity to that job, whether it happens to be scrubbing a floor or running a corporation.

No man can climb the ladder of success without first placing his foot on the bottom rung.

Responsibility is always a sign of trust.

Success will always be measured by the extent to which we serve the buying public.

Do not primarily train men to work. Train them to serve willingly and intelligently.

When people forget themselves, they usually do things others remember.

Compassion is the litmus test and culminating touchstone of a spirituality of Earth.

There is no help from without, only from within.

Without memory there are no worries.

Once you're in heaven it makes no difference when you got there.

Knaves will come and knaves will go.

Suffering over something is proof positive of its importance.

When you are aggrieved you learn.

Nothing in life is guaranteed, including government guarantees.

Nobody heeds danger when they're making money.

The welfare system is the breeding ground of crime, addiction and radical politics.

Faith must be worked at.

Beware the person who is on a hot streak.

God has the experience that comes from billions of years.

If you get a job or promotion because of your race or gender, it is no different than a subsidy. You get something you didn't earn, 'something for nothing.'

Once trapped in the belief that you are a victim, you surrender your birthright to compete for the prizes of life.

Bureaucracy by its nature resists change and nullifies progress.

People are always receptive to the idea of a conspiracy.

Nations that embrace the free market to the greatest extent prosper the most.

When government tries to make people more equal, it makes them more unequal.

People rarely use advice.

The government is worst which governs most.

The only reasonable outcome of a nation's sins is to learn not to repeat them.

Let one state in the U.S. be free of government and overnight you would have an economic powerhouse.

Socialism was made to order for tyrants.

Government is not competent enough to regulate.

It is said that government is a necessary evil, but it is far more evil than it is necessary.

Private charity discourages poverty while public subsidies encourage it.

If everyone had to start up their own business, socialism would soon die.

We know the principles of coaching. The art is knowing when to apply them.

It only hurt once, from beginning to end.

With typical arrogance, the Anglos claimed to cherish freedom of speech but failed to recognize this right for anyone but themselves. Where did the Constitution say anything about English?

In geology the effects to be explained have almost all occurred already, whereas in these other sciences effects actually taking place have to be explained.

There is something intrinsically, systemically wrong with white, western culture, and if we don't fix it, it won't continue.

Authors in general don’t have a lot of money, and lawsuits are expensive.

True leadership must have follower-ship. Management styles can vary, but even an autocrat needs people who believe and simply don't follow from fear.

The luckiest thing that ever happened to me was that my father didn't believe in God, and so he had no hang-ups about souls.

If I had been married earlier in life, I wouldn't have seen the double helix. I would have been taking care of the kids on Saturday. On the other hand, I was lonely a lot of the time.

Racists have often used pseudoscience to justify their socially damaging views; watch these films to see how science, by replacing ignorance with knowledge, can undo that damage.