“I took little interest in fleshly infants; it being my private opinion that their attractions did not justify the fuss that was made about them. I had, for instance, early discovered that, if you gave a baby a finger to hold, it held it. This was perhaps interesting, but it wanted greatly in the dear element of surprise.” IfsLittlesMadeWantedInterestInterestingOpinionBabyElementsSurpriseFingersDearAttractionInstanceJustifyInfantElement Of Surprise Book:The Singing Gold Source: The Singing Gold
“Much as the sage may affect to despise the opinion of the world, there are few who would not rather expose their lives a hundred times than be condemned to live on, in society, but not of it - a by-word of reproach to all who know their history, and a mark for scorn to point his finger at.” KnowsWorldMayOpinionHundredMarkFingersDespiseSageScornReproach Book:Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Source: Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
“I think I'm good with actors. I like directing actors. I also like to show up and just do an acting gig. Where I'm just a hired gun, I don't have to have an opinion on anything.I never got involved in all this stuff because I wanted to control stuff; I got involved in writing and producing because I wasn't getting interesting acting gigs. In a way I'm grateful that I didn't get interesting roles, because it made me pull my finger out and do some work.” ThinkingWayWritingMadeShowsWantedActorsStuffInterestingActingOpinionRolesInvolvedGunGratefulFingersGigsDirecting Actors Author:Steve Coogan
“I just kind of shoot the finger to the critics. I don't give sh - what a critic says. To me a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions.” GivingKindIdeasOpinionFingersCriticsNo IdeaLoser Author:Vanilla Ice