No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or is so utterly disgusted with it, that when it begins to smile upon him he does not become partially reconciled to it. – Giacomo Leopardi
The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic lights? Every time I see someone doing these things, I smile like a child. – Jonathan Carroll
One of the most important responsibilities in the Christian life is to care about others, smile at them, and be a friend to the friendless. – James Dobson
I grew up on the crime stuff. Spillane, Chandler, Jim Thompson, and noir movies like Fuller, Orson Welles, Fritz Lang. When I first showed up in New York to write comics back in the late 1970s, I came with a bunch of crime stories but everybody just wanted men in tights. – Frank Miller
When Maurice touched a keyboard, it was like something from a movie, magical. He would always give you something from a movie, and youd go, what did you just play… immediately inspirational writings, amazing. Thats what were going to miss. – Robin Gibb
