L.P. Hartley Quotes

Priests might divide the world into good and bad. In battle there was strong and weak and nothing else.

But what is Freedom? Rightly understood, A universal licence to be good.

A bard whom there were none to praise, And very few to read.

There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience.

We all get pigeon-holed or put in a box, no matter what that might be.

Still, not much of a reason to live, is it? The fear of being punished for killing yourself.

I have always felt very fortunate to be have good people. You know, talent will carry you for so far but the values of the people around that should make the difference.

Sometimes you have to go outside your boundaries. You have to jump over that fence, but I always felt very comfortable (in my jobs) because I worked with some good people.

Personally I don't believe in standing on the ice, or jamming the blueline, waiting. I have always told my players that hockey has to be played on your toes.

I have always trusted my instincts, I took some bold decisions in my life.....many people may say they were crazy risks.

Books were not looked upon as things unobtainable due to economic circumstances or class status. My grandfather stole an entire set of Dicken's from the local library.

If God wants us to pray without ceasing, it is because He wants to answer without ceasing!

Repentance is the word that gives us a second chance.

God always does His new things in the same old way.

Prayer is not ever thing, but everything is by prayer.

Perhaps I'm just optimistic.

More and more, even with a measure of success, I'm not sure what it is people are seeing when they see a movie I've made.

All the discoveries seem to be discoveries of means.

I'm often uncertain of what's expected of a movie.

I see (humor) in the smallest things.

I wonder if there is anything to discover.

Everybody's a specialist.

Is love a fancy, or a feeling?

On this hapless earth There 's small sincerity of mirth, And laughter oft is but an art To drown the outcry of the heart.

Criticising the other fellow because he's in and you are not seems to me a futile waste of time.

Sometimes we'll only see each other in passing, like ships passing in the night.

There are people that have watched everything I've done, which is so sweet. Sometimes I'm grateful for that; sometimes I feel like I have to apologize.

When people are fanatical about something, it's contagious.

Obviously we can't do what we do if no one is paying attention.

I have a 12-year-old daughter, and all the time people will say, 'Oh, she's young!" and you'd be so surprised what you can learn from that 12-year-old if you just opened up your mind.

Everybody has an inside scoop, so just be a nice guy. Be a nice person.

Anytime you go through a divorce, you're completely lost, whether you want to admit it or not, or whether you know it or not, you're completely lost.

When you find any great project - if it's onstage or it's a movie or a television show or whatever it might be, if it's wonderful, then that sort of transcends what the medium is.

I think people have certain preconceived notions of certain people that they've never met. And so, that's sort of what I try to work from.

I channel a lot of my own personal relationships anytime I prep for something.

I've certainly been to Hollywood parties, and I have friends that are ridiculous - wonderful people - but they're high rollers with tons of money.

I've struggled with money when I could have had a little more if I'd just taken the damn job.

I worked all through my 20's, all through my 30's, so I've been lucky to be working.

We need people interested, otherwise literally the lights turn off.

People that are interested in me, I like to be interested in them.

I wish I had been more self-aware earlier, but I think that just comes with age.

I love theater, I would love to do a play, but it's hard to beat.

I took a lot from friends, but also me.

Some relationships are stronger than others at certain times.

There are certain things that are obviously problems and should be topics of conversation that aren't.

Your relationship with your sister-in-law is hingeing on your brother's - or your sister-in-law's - ability to keep that relationship together.

When I say, 'We're a team,' the reason why I point that out is because at 'All My Children,' that's the mindset. They're a team. And I've said this to other people: They're like a united front.

When I left 'Days of Our Lives,' I was like, 'I don't know if I'm ever working again. I'm going to do the best I can. If it happens, great. If not, well... it sucks for me.

The confirmation for both jobs - 'AMC' and 'Smallville' - came through on the same day, so there was a lot of wine flowing in the Hartley house that night!

I was devastated when 'Days' let me go and couldn't help but feel it was my fault. What did I do wrong? What happened? It sucks. You always think it's your fault.