When I was in New York, I was making a living. We had a summer house and a car that I could put in a garage. Thats something for a stage actor. – William H. Macy
At a car dealership, the person who sells the car is the hero, and also gets the commission. But if the mechanics dont service that car well, the customer wont return. – Roger Staubach
Anything thats different from your own realm of experience as a human being, whether its driving a car or a boat, or using guns, anything that separates you from yourself and leads you more towards this characters existence is a big help. – Colin Farrell
In the US we find the label requirements are crazy. It is almost as if we had to label a bookcase with the warning do not eat this bookcase — it can be harmful to your health. – Bjorn Bayley
I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. – Oscar Wilde
[A]t present my chief work is on the manuscripts of the library—a blessed lot, as nothing could be more interesting, as bringing me into close touch with the ancients, to whom I now belong. – James L. Whitney, “Reminiscences of an Old Librarian,” November 1909 #oldsoul
Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats. – J.B. Priestley