F.K. Preston Quotes

Nothing from nothing leaves nothing.

We all have a Monster within; the difference is in degree, not in kind.

The wise and good are outnumbered a thousand to one by the brutal and stupid.

My hobbies are mountain biking, horseback riding and packing, canoeing and kayaking, hiking, camping, cooking, and skiing.

An ideal's love-fraught, imperious call That bides the spheres become articulate.

Democracy: An institution in which the whole is equal to the scum of the parts.

So I delegate a lot and I make my family come first, my husband and our kids.

I love being a scientologist, as it's helped me in every single aspect of my life.

The easiest gift to give my husband is anything to do with airlines and flying.

Keeping it all normal and keeping us together is my first priority. Then I fit films into my life.

I have a wonderful marriage and two great kids.

I don't get to go to the super fancy stores unless I am in L.A. so you stay pretty real and normal that way.

I didn't see a ton of movies growing up.

Applications for loans would be judged on a nation's social justice record as well as its economic efficiency.

O Nature, gracious mother of us all, Within thy bosom myriad secrets lie Which thou surrenderest to the patient eye That seeks and waits.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do in television is stick to your guns. If you're making a show, you make the show.

The gossamer web of life, spun on the loom of sunlight from the breath of an infant Earth, is nature's crowning achievement on this planet.

Negative is always more newsworthy than positive.

Besides my religious commitment, the greatest single factor that has enabled me to pursue my business and political objectives has been the security and freedom of my home.

There is a whole school of Canadian academics, media personalities, and politicians whose definition of a Canadian is a North American who fears or dislikes the United States.

You can't go around the theatres handing out cards saying, 'It isn't my fault'. You go onto the next one.

Sometimes you have to sacrifice because you see what the end goal is. When you have a dream and you want to get it done, you can't wait on other people.

When people asked him why he didn't work with those viruses, he replied, I don't particularly feel like dying.

Film is the greatest educational medium the world has ever known.

I would never do anything to hurt anybody, especially if they're helping me. I'm not that kind of person.

I got a story, ain't no moral, I let the bad guy win every now and then.

Everyone thinks they went to high school with me. I take it as a compliment that I look different in every role.

The Bears are front-runners. Quitters. They are not a second-half team, just a bunch of cry-babies.

One never learns by success. Success is the plateau that one rests upon to take breath and look down from upon the straight and difficult path, but one does not climb upon a plateau.

One amino acid does not a protein make-let alone a being.

In fall 1967, I was given leave of absence by the National Public Affairs Research Foundation to move to Redondo Beach, California, to work on a short-term research contract with TRW.

I like being able to put out my own content instead of just going from audition to audition and just waiting and hoping.

I don't take Hollywood too seriously. I have kids that don't give a damn about what I'm shooting, they just want dinner. So that keeps me grounded.

Bootstrapping is a way to do something about the problems you have without letting someone else give you permission to do them.

The light ones may be killers, the dark ones mild; not the wrappers but the fillers, make cigars or women wild.

The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion.

During his long political career, my father was always active in communicating the Christian gospel from the evangelical perspective.

A revolutionary should neither look or act like one to get ahead in Canada.

In many respects, my best friends were dogs.

Populism is about is alienation in large numbers of people, but aggravated and provoked by a deteriorating economic conditions.

You take the constructive criticism, because without the fans you would have no show.

The best way to know what's in the soup, is to boil yourself in it.

I know what you're thinking... and you oughtta be ashamed of yourself.

He liked the loneliness of inner space, the sense of being forgotten by the world.

It was great fun to be able to work with so many different artists. And I'm paying a tribute to the Beatles. I've just recorded some of their songs.

Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin'.

I like a round nail and not too long. I like to have control of what I do with my hands. I don't want hands longer than my legs.

Since the beginning of time, women have had to fight for what they deserve. I'm proud to be a part of a wave of strong women on TV!

There are so many journalists out there, I hate to say it, who are lazy and don't do their research - and it shows.

It's a very bad habit, but one I find hard to break.