“It's like being on Death Row in an American jail. You are waiting for the door handle to turn, not knowing whether it's a reprieve or just your final breakfast before being executed.” TurnsWaitingKnowingDoorsFinalsHandleJailBreakfastNot KnowingDeath RowReprieve Author:Howard Wilkinson
“So I dipped into my childhood and came up with Nicky Deuce. I wanted him to get into a lot of mischief, like the time I taped a fork to a broom handle and cattle-rustled a steak off the barbecue of the next-door neighbor.” WantedNextDoorsChildhoodNeighborHandleMischiefForksCattleSteakBarbecueBroomsNext Door NeighborsDeuces Author:Steve Schirripa
“Everyone has doors in the living room of their lives that they assume are locked. Doors that lead to artistic expression. People say "I have no talent -- I can't dance or sing or paint or write poetry or play an instrument." More often than not the doors are not locked, just closed. One may turn the handle, open the door and pass through into a larger life space.” PeopleWritingMayArtI CanPlayTurnsSpaceRoomsDoorsTalentExpressionInstrumentsAssumingPaintHandleArtisticLockedLiving RoomArtistic ExpressionLocked Doors Author:Robert Fulghum
“Were it possible for us to wait for ourselves to come into the room, not many of us would find our hearts breaking into flower as we heard the door handle turn.” HeartSelfTurnsWaitingRoomsDoorsHeardFlowerHandleHeart BreakHeart Breaking Book:A Train of Powder Source: A Train of Powder
“Limousines used to be reserved for the ruling class, or, on special occasions, for the working class. Today, limousines are like taxicabs with the door handles still intact.” StillsHumorTodayFunnyUsedClassDoorsSpecialHandleUsed To BeOccasionsWorking ClassRulingReservedSpecial OccasionLimousines Author:Erma Bombeck
“I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted to work as an actress. So I thought the way I would be a great actress was to sing and dance first. Lay a foundation - get my foot in the door, and then undoubtedly, of course, I would be offered great roles as soon as I grew up enough to handle them.” WayFirstsIdeasEnoughWould BeWantedCoursesStarsRolesDoorsFeetGrewGrew UpFoundationLaysActressesHandleNo Idea Author:Bette Midler
“To the optimist all doors have handles and hinges; to the pessimist, all doors have locks and latches.” DoorsHandleLocksOptimistPessimistHingesLatches Book:Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward Source: Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward
“If your every human plan and calculation has miscarried, if, one by one, human props have been knocked out, and doors have shut in your face, take heart. God is trying to get a message through to you, and the message is: "Stop depending on inadequate human resources. Let me handle the matter.".” IfsTryingHumansHeartHas BeensMatterFacesPlansDoorsMessagesResourcesLet MeHandleYour FaceInadequateCalculationsHuman ResourcesProps Author:Catherine Marshall
“I like the way that Dexter mixed humor, dark humor and tragedy, in a way I don't think that I've seen another show do. To handle those tonal shifts with so much confidence. Normally, you can mix humor and dark humor, you can mix dark humor and tragedy, but to mix all three... There are just moments with Robin and Reuben, the next door neighbors, that are just funny.” ThinkingWayMomentsShowsThreeNextDarkDoorsTragedyNeighborHandleDark HumorRobinsNext Door Neighbors Author:Jane Espenson
“We can't handle violence in women characters but we CAN handle what's done to women in our present tense every second of the day worldwide? Or next door? Or in political or medical discourse? Please. That idea just makes me want to crap on a table at a very fancy restaurant.” WantIdeasDoneCharacterPoliticalNextViolenceDoorsPleaseTablesMedicalHandleFancyRestaurantsCrapDiscourseTenseEvery SecondPresent Tense Author:Lidia Yuknavitch