E.L. James Quotes

What kind of future is in God's plan? A good one to which you can look forward. That's why you can hope.

Praise is the symbol which represents sympathy, and which the mind insensibly substitutes for its recollection and language.

The magnitude of this evil among us is so deeply felt, and so universally acknowledged, that no merit could be greater than that of devising a satisfactory remedy for it.

The fetters imposed on liberty at home have ever been forged out of the weapons provided for defense against real, pretended, or imaginary dangers from abroad.

Security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society. It is an avowed and essential object of the American Union.

I flatter myself [we] have in this country extinguished forever the ambitious hope of making laws for the human mind.

[Montesquieu] lifted the veil from the venerable errors which enslaved opinion, and pointed the way to those luminous truths of which he had but a glimpse himself.

The more ridiculous the character is, the more sincerity you have to bring to it.

I was with my wife for five years before we got married, so we've been together since I was 22.

Clowns make me... Think.

The heavens, with their everlasting faithfulness, look down on no sadder contradiction than the sluggard and the slattern in their prayers.

What would you do differently as defense secretary to compensate for this record in which the greatest military in the world, as we are constantly told, doesn't get the job done?

I think, broadly speaking, the US military's role - US military activism in various parts of the Islamic world over the past several decades has been counterproductive.

We have the most skillful, firecest, and certainly the most ethical ground forces in the world... I'm not saying we have to commit right now, but certainly don't pull it off the table.

I don't want to be all worthy about it, but I don't do red carpets, I don't do events and I don't accept freebies that much.

I also really liked playing Mr. Tumnus in 'Narnia'. I got to play my favorite character in children's literature, which I loved. You don't get the chance to do that in other jobs.

Family is the last and greatest discovery. It is our last miracle.

So sweet and precious is family life.

As a journalist, the details always tell the story.

I'm not interested in food. It's just fuel.

The black church will accept anybody.

When Christianity is received, it stimulates the faculties, and calls forth new ideas, new motives and new sentiments. It has been the mother of all modern education

Humans are social creatures that really crave intimacy.

I'm a big Batman fan and got to be on the series Gotham.

When to the cross I turn my eyes,And rest on Calvary,O Lamb of God, my sacrifice,I must remember Thee.

The tulip's petals shine in dew, All beautiful, but none alike.

It will be cheering to know that many people are skillful chessplayers, though in many instances their brains, in a general way, compare unfavorably with the cognitive faculties of a rabbit.

The opposing missions of the various characters create the plot.

english doesn't borrow from other languages. english follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

Never bring a gun to a fight where the other guy has a time-machine and tomorrow's newspapers.

When we can really put ourselves in the shoes of the other, when we can reach new depths of empathy, then we can be effective ambassadors of peace.

Be courageous and face this moment in time consciously and with all the discernment and clarity within your power.

Alas, I have done nothing this day! What?! Have you not lived? It is not only the fundamental but the noblest of your occupations.

Above all we want people to remember that there are three values we bring to this country. Family, God and hard work.

We're so saturated with propaganda every way you look that we don't notice it. But when it isn't there, you notice.

On Earth they've forgotten how to make everything except money. But what good is it, if there's nothing worthwhile left to buy?

I prefer to be sitting on the beach, but I can't. I want to be a billionaire.

I have a million small memories that will sustain me through life.

Yeah,” said Iggy. “But what now? Let’s do something fun.” I guess being on the run from bloodthirsty Erasers and insane scientists wasn’t enough fun for him. Kids today are so spoiled.

A vet! I started laughing weakly and had to sit on the edge of the tub. A vet. Wait till they found out how appropriate that was.

So the first thing we're gonna do," I told him, "is push you off the roof.

Pain fades,” I said slowly. “But being a nutcase seems to stick around. Guess who got the better deal here?” The last thing I remember is Mr. Chu’s face blazing with fury.

Part 1- In search of Hot Chocolate-Chip Cookies

I have an idea. It’s risky, and Max will kill us when she finds out.” Iggy raised his head. “Sounds like my kind of idea.

Angel wanted them all to burn in h-e- double toothpicks forever.

I guess I write four or five hours a day, but I do it seven days a week. It's very disciplined, yes, but it's joy for me.

I'm a freaking princess when it comes to other people's feelings. Yo dogbreath, get your paws of the everglades. -Max

Fang (sarcasticaly): Go pick out a tree and I'll carve our initials in it. Max: (screams and goes in the bathroom)

Angel screeched with fury and despair to the empty walls around her. "I'm human, do you hear me? It hurts!

Yeah, well, asparagus is good for me, but it still makes me want to throw up.