Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion. Kate Reid on art
What monstrous absurdities and paradoxes have resisted whole batteries of serious arguments, and then crumbled swiftly into dust before the ringing death-knell of a laugh! Agnes Repplier on laughter
People who hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life. Faith Resnick on cats
One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in one's heart. Pierre Reverdy on conscience
For when the One Great Scorer comes To write against your name, He marks - not that you won or lost - But how you played the game. Grantland Rice on judgment
Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events. Adrienne Rich on journey
People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question. Samuel Richardson on understanding
The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing. Sir Ralph Richardson on acting
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations. Jean Paul Richter on action
Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with gold and silver, it attracts with tenfold power. Jean Paul Richter on beauty
Prayer purifies; it is a self-preached sermon. Jean Paul Richter on prayer
Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them. Jean Paul Richter on sorrow
There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof. Jean Paul Richter on soul
Time is a continual over-dropping of moments, which fall down one upon the other and evaporate. Jean Paul Richter on time
I can give you a six-word formula for success: "Think things through - then follow through." Edward Rickenbacker on success
We are forced to participate in the games of life before we can possibly learn how to use the options in the rules governing them. Philip Rieff on life