quotes about Electra

“But the most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather. The ship's manifest showed that they could read and write. I am still emotional when I look at those boxes checked yes.”

“I went to Catholic high school for half a year and religion wasn't the cool thing to talk about even at a catholic high school. It never came up.”

“I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.”

Source : "Marry Your Muse: Making a Lasting Commitment to Your Creativity". Book by Jan Phillips, 1997.

“I try to reach for the stars because if you say you want something small and it happens, you don't believe it. So I try to say something wild and crazy.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“He made an enormous contribution to British politics in opposition and in government [on Robin Cook]”

“The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.”

“Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy, but good administration can never save bad policy.”

Source : "Speeches of Adlai Stevenson" by Adlai Ewing Stevenson, (p. 36), 1952.

“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”

“No one would have picked me out in high school and said, 'This guy is going to be in show business.' I don't have any of the talents you would normally associate with show business.”

“An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.”