E.L. James Quotes

Thus hope, aided by imagination, makes one man a hero, another a somnambulist, and a third a lunatic; while it renders them all enthusiasts.

The depths of the self are the heights of God.

Many words are in a state of mutation, the pronunciation being unsettled even in the best society, a result that must often arise where language is as variable and undetermined as the English.

I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps.

The best way to stop a bad habit is never to begin it.

The mask means to me: freshness of color, sumptuous decoration, wild unexpected gestures, very shrill expressions, exquisite turbulence.

The Golden Rule finds no limit of application in business.

The best of merchandise will go back to the shelf unless handled by a conscientious, tactful salesman.

And some to Meccah turn to pray, and I toward thy bed, Yasmin.

I look down the farthest side of the mountain, fulfilled and understanding all, and truly content that I lived a full life and one that was my own choice

Honor bespeaks worth Confidence begets trust.

There's no better friend to any merchant than a fair competitor.

Some people don’t respond to civility.

The opposite of a glance... is a glimpse: because in a glance, we see only for a second, and in a glimpse, the object shows itself only for a second.

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

Our attainments [in space] are a major element in the competition between the Soviet system and our own . . . . in this sense, [they] are part of the battle along the fluid front of the cold war.

Public Relations is the management of communication between an organization and its publics.

And into the brown paper bag of my heart, Eddy slipped a smile.

We hear nothing so clearly as what comes out of silence.

Making a wrong choice early may limit making the right choice later.

It’s not a question of whether you will hurt, or of how much you will hurt; it’s a question of what you will do, and how well you will do it, while pain has her wanton way with you.

That is what we have in revisionist historians. It starts with their own atheism, their own unbelief, and then they go back and attempt to revise and rewrite history in their own image.

Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It's coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly.

Seeds sewn in adversity bear the greatest fruit.

Advice from others is always filtered through self interest.

To write about business one should be in business, just as in writing about Tasmania one should visit Tasmania.

There are alternate explanations for everything.

Arnold Schwarzenegger looks like a brown condom full of walnuts.

I can't let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film

You're tearing me apart!

An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.

The best way to quiet a country is a good thrashing, followed by great kindness afterwards. Even the wildest chaps are thus tamed.

Kill me. If you’ve ever been my friend, kill me.

The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.

Capitalism has socialized production. It has brought thousands of people together in the factory and involved them in new social relationships.

You can't suppress creativity, you can't suppress innovation.

Money without wisdom diminishes the pleasure and enjoyment of wealth.

My whole deal when I do accents or dialects is I gotta fool the locals. If I fool the locals then I've done my job.

If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results, then liberalism is a form of insanity.

I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.

I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty more.

How fatally the entire want of humor cripples the mind.

It would be really arrogant of us to not have any of the fears.

Physical pain however great ends in itself and falls away like dry husks from the mind, whilst moral discords and nervous horrors sear the soul.

Truly nothing is to be expected except for the unexpected.

But if you really want to learn about life, get a cat. The way I think people should relate to animals is with a cat. Because the world is his.

There's nothing more creative I'll ever do in my career than trying to make an hour of TV everyday.

I tend to stay healthy because Ive been eating right and exercising. It makes life so much easier when youre healthy. I also like to challenge myself by making my own physical goals and beating them.

As more consumers demand less sugar, the food and beverage manufacturers will eventually come into line with what the consumers want.

Basically, every character I've ever played, I've based entirely on internal conflict. And I love doing that, because I think it's very human.