E.L. James Quotes

There is an odd sense of responsibility attached to appearing in a drama about a real piece of history. A work of fiction is fun.

The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don't want to play me for the rest of my life and make money out of that.

The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes until you are dependent and helpless.

Frozen by fear. Not able to move. Your mind screaming

If you're going to decipher a hidden code from a complex set of different mazes, I'm pretty sure you need a girl's brain running the show.

Though he’d never know for sure what had happened to them, his mind was super talented at imagining the absolute worst.

We were lining up and counting off nice and easy till you came stumbling through like a doped-up bull,' Minho responded.

Good try, ya bugging shank. The Gathering elects Runners, and if you think I'm tough, they'd laugh in your face.

Back then when Chomsky and Herman wrote, the left, myself among them, all knew that something terrible was happening in Vietnam, though most now claim to remember otherwise.

At a time of economic recession, the need for Medicaid and other safety net services is even greater. And we don't want to raise taxes on people who are having a tough time paying their bills.

The profoundest facts in the earth's history prove that the oceans have always been oceans.

Success is made of 99% failure.

Anyone developing new products and new technology needs one characteristic above all else: hope.

[In my home workshop,] generally I'm mending things, which is interesting because you learn a lot about why they broke.

Obedience is the path to freedom.

Look at everything through the lens of eternity. If you will do this, life will take on a different perspective.

Adversity is the refiner's fire that bends iron but tempers steel.

We should not allow our personal values to erode, even if others think we are peculiar.

I urge the husbands and fathers of this church to be the kind of a man your wife would not want to be without.

What are we doing to keep the light shining in our own eyes and countenances; Much of that light comes from our discipline dedication and consecration.

Golf inflicts more pain than any other sport. If you're the sort of person whose self-worth is tied up in how you play, golf will cut you to the core of who you are.

No opinion that cannot stand discussion or criticism is worth holding.

We used to be "shiftless and lazy," now we're "fearsome and awesome." I think the black man should take pride in that.

Successful entrepreneurs judge correctly the need for change, then do something about it.

The mind paints before the brush.

Literature is the garden of wisdom.

Angels worship God with purity and love; men, with fear and trembling.

Maxims are often quoted by those who stand in more need of their application.

Closure is a preposterous concept worthy of the worst aspects of American daytime TV.

Dead people belong to the live people who claim them most obsessively.

And you love to read, you love to escape, right?

I don't feel in any way obligated to remain current with the culture. I feel no social obligation whatsoever. I trust my morality in the narrow path I trek through the world as I work.

I wanted to portray a newly democratized, enclosed society. I wanted to show how extraordinarily fluid people are in their embrace of other human beings.

In our house, all you hear is groaning.

The ability to discriminate between that which is true and that which is false is one of the last attainments of the human mind.

It is the fate of all things to ripen, and then to decay.

Should we distrust the man because his manners are not our manners, and that his skin is dark?

The hoary joke in the literary world, based on 'Dreams From My Father,' was that if things had worked out differently for Barack Obama, he could have made it as a writer.

A rigged convention is one with the other man's delegates in control. An open convention is when your delegates are in control.

The Mormon mission to Africa, as to other dark-skinned parts of the world, was for a long time hobbled by the racism of the movement's scripture.

Alas, if worth be based on beauty, Snow White has surpassed you, cutie.

As in the war of 1941-45, our victory and our survival depend on how and where we attack.

Bruges is a beautiful medieval city almost untouched by time. If you like jazz, you will be well catered for. If you like chocolate and beer, you will be in heaven.

I worked at a McDonald's drive-through. I could always tell when girls were interested: They'd drive around again and say, "I forgot something."

The wind came in languid gusts like whispered reminders.

I don't go on vacation. I don't really need vacation.

I get like six or so hours of sleep a night.

I was an English major at UCLA when I was 18, and then I left after a year to start acting. I was educating myself during that time.

Japanese moe relationships socially dysfunctional men develop deep attachments to body pillows with women painted on them.

I wear a lot of things for fun. Sometimes Ill wear one item that is deliberately stupid because that will make the outfit cool.