S Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with S. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Scratch the surface of what's socially normal. I suppose in some way all of us have something we display to the public and things we feel too ashamed of or uncomfortable with to reveal to other people.”
“Scratch utters the lines: 'I know there is evil in the world - essential evil, not the opposite good or the defective of good but something to which good itself is an irrelevance - a fantasy. No one can live as long as I have, hear what I have heard and not know that. I know too - more precisely - I am ready to belive that there may be something in the world - someone, if you prefer - that purpose evil, that intends it... powerful nations suddenly, without occasion, without apparent cause... decay. Their children turn against them. Their women lose their sense of being a woman. Their families disintegrate.' From there on it only gets better”
Source: Chronicles, Volume One
“Scratch your flesh raw between your toes, but you won't find the answer.”
Source: The Complete Stories
“Scratching could not make it worse, an't were such a face as yours were.”
“Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and nearest at hand.”
“Scratching my soul, I learned to repair it.”
“Scratching people where they itch and addressing their 'felt needs' is a stratagem of the poor steward of the oracles of God. This was the recipe for success for the false prophets of the Old Testament.”
“Scrawny? Baby, I invented scrawny. Scrawny is the new sizzling hot.”
“Scream and you die,” he whispers, and my stomach plummets as the elbow is replaced by the sharp bite of a dagger at my throat.
I freeze. I’d recognize the rough pitch of Xaden’s voice anywhere.
“Fucking Sorrengail.”
Source: Fourth Wing
“Scream at God if that's the only thing that will get results.”
“Scream at the mangled leather carcass lying at the foot of the stairs, and my parents would roar with laughter. "That's what you get for leaving your wallet on the kitchen table.”
“Scream… please scream; it thrills me so.”
“Scream" was great for what it was. For a horror film, it was intelligent, it was funny, it took a laugh at itself.”
“Screamed like a manic cheerleader heaping encouragement on her high school’s punt returner as he breaks through the first wall of blocks.”
Source: Between the Shadow and the Soul
“Screamin' 'Carpe Diem!' until I'm a Dead Poet.”
“Screaming and repeating lies makes them neither true nor more believable.”
Source: The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts
“Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It's not funny and it's not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn't the least bit funny.”
“Screaming is bad for the voice, but it's good for the heart.”
“Screaming racism is the last refuge of leftist intellectuals who've completely lost their mojo.”
“Screaming, it's not me. I tried it before! Action is more my thing. Not talking. It's hard for me to have word fights, fighting with words. I'd rather just listen.”
“Screaming. Did I mention the screaming? Screaming is usually associated with horror films and roller coasters. This is why I usually look like I've just watched a horror film on a rollercoaster. Kids love to scream. Frightened, happy, bored. They scream. I've actually learned to love the sound of a vacuum cleaner. It's just so peaceful.”
Source: Dad Is Fat
“Screams. Screams. Everywhere. Everyone is scared. But I don’t know who “everyone” is. Their voices sound young, so I guess they’re kids, like me. I don’t hear any older voices. So either the grownups aren’t scared, or there aren’t any grownups with us anymore.”
Source: The Unknown
“Screen credit is valuable only when it's given you. If you're in a position to give yourself credit, you don't need it.”
“Screen work always boils down to that moment between the camera and the actor or the actors. It always boils down to that, ultimately. You serve the camera.”
“Screening is an invaluable part of the process, obviously, having test screening and you definitely learn something.”
“Screening out peer pressure and conventional wisdom. It is so powerful, that most of us aren't even aware of how much it is influencing our decisions.”
“Screening telephone calls with a receptionist or the humbler answering machine is not a dishonorable thing to do. The warmest people in the world still need uninterrupted time to attend to their lives and should not be outwitted if they have made it obvious that they are not always available upon summons.”
“Screenplay is the toughest form of writing for me, because you need to be in present tense. You need to be describing things as they occur.”
“Screenplays are not works of art. They are invitations to others to collaborate on a work of art.”
“Screenplays are not writing. They're a fake form of writing. It's a lot of dialogue and very little atmosphere. Very little description. Very little character work. It's very dangerous. You'll never learn to write.”
Source: Conversations with Ray Bradbury
“Screenplays are the hardest thing to try to get right. They look so simple when they work, but they really destroy your brain cells trying to get them there.”
“Screenplays aren't written to be read, they're written to be made into movies.”
“Screenplays I didn't really care about, journalism, travel books, getting my writer friends to write about their dreams or something. I just determined to write the books I had to write.”
“Screens numb discomfort. Real growth happens when we sit with it, name it, and learn to breathe through.”
Source: Digital Detox Parenting: The Science-Backed Guide to Raising Screen-Free, Emotionally Resilient Kids: Neuroscience-Backed Strategies for Lifelong Resilience
“Screens offer escape — but they also rob us of the very discomfort that builds strength.”
Source: Digital Detox Parenting: The Science-Backed Guide to Raising Screen-Free, Emotionally Resilient Kids: Neuroscience-Backed Strategies for Lifelong Resilience
“Screentime that is not purposeful tends to be a waste of time and a negative influence.”
Source: Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World
“Screenwriter Flacco nicely evokes the aftermath of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake in his fiction debut, a novel of suspense.”
“Screenwriters get paid a hell of a lot more money but their level of frustration seems to be so high that I don't want that.”
“Screenwriting and making movies is really playing make-believe like most of us did as children.”
“Screenwriting involves an often un-personal process. Co-writers, directors, producers, everyone has a say in what you put on a page, and stories are constantly changing according to budget, actors, and commercial needs. Films are a collaborative process and are also inherently narrative and structured, so you are always working within very tight parameters. Short fiction unleashes a more intimate voice and a passion for language. I believe short narratives can have the same amount of danger and drama as any action film.”
“Screenwriting is a much more collaborative effort. When you write a novel, it's just you, with input from your editor.”
“Screenwriting is a terrible way to make a living and I always try to talk anyone out of it. Until you sit in a story meeting with studio executives with no particular ability or actors who haven't even graduated high school telling you exactly how to change your script, you haven't experienced what it's really like to be a screenwriter in Hollywood. Also, unlike novelists and playwrights, you don't own the copyright on your original material. It hurts when you sell a project you love and then suddenly the project you really cared about will never see the light of day.”
“Screenwriting is always about what people say or do, whereas good writing is about a thought process or an abstract image or an internal monologue, none of which works on screen.”
“Screenwriting is an opportunity to fly first class, be treated like a celebrity, sit around the pool and be betrayed.”
“Screenwriting is definitely the majority of my time, but I do still act when stuff comes up. I do a few jobs a year.People ask me that all the time about written something for yourself to star in, and it's strange. I just approach it as two separate careers.”
“Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.”
“Screenwriting is like poker; in the end, you have to go all in.”
“Screenwriting is made of brevity.”
“Screenwriting is not an artform, it is a punishment from God.”
“Screenwriting is the most prized of all the cinematic arts. Actually, it isn't, but it should be.”