The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. – Dorothy Nevill
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact—from calling on us to look through a heap of millet-seed in order to be sure that there is no pearl in it. – George Eliot, Impressions of Theophrastus Such, 1879
So I decided to move that scene in the doctors office to two-thirds into the movie, after the viewers had come to know Ryan and Ali and share in their happiness. – Arthur Hiller
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. – Stephen Hawking
The age is a vociferous one, and no prophet is without honor who is able to strike an attitude and to speak loud enough to make himself heard. – Ellen Glasgow
