“I am giving you examples of the fact that this creature man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero. . . . I tell you, gentlemen, if you can shew a man a piece of what he now calls God's work to do, and what he will later call by many new names, you can make him entirely reckless of the consequences to himself personally.” IfsMenGivingIdeasFactsFightingNamesWorkPiecesExampleHeroCreaturesConsequenceAffairSelfishGentlemanCowardRecklessBackbone Author:George Bernard Shaw
“O, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer! a brave vessel (Who had no doubt some noble creature in her) Dashed all to pieces! O, the cry did knock Against my very heart! Poor souls, they perished!” HeartSoulSufferingPoorDoubtSawsPiecesCryCreaturesBraveNobleNo DoubtVesselTempestShipwreckGonzalo From Tempest Author:William Shakespeare
“The flesh is sweeter, where the creature has some chance for its life; for that reason, I always use a single ball, even if it be at a bird or a squirrel; besides, it saves lead, for, when a body knows how to shoot, one piece of lead is enough for all, except hard-lived animals.” IfsKnowsHardReasonEnoughUseBodyChanceAnimalKnow HowPiecesCreaturesBirdBallsFleshHuntingOne PieceSquirrels Author:James F. Cooper
“A good-looking piece of scenery anywhere delights the eye and elevates the spirits. Some of us, crude creatures that we are, are merely excited; finer souls draw ethical and spiritual nutrients from the sight.” SoulEyeSpiritualSpiritPiecesCreaturesDrawsSightDelightExcitedEthicalLooking GoodCrudeSceneryNutrients Author:Barbara Holland
“It is the task of the scenarist to invent little pieces of business that are so characteristic and give so deep an insight into his creatures, that their personalities clearly and organically unfold before the eyes of the audience so that the latter feel that the actions of these people are contingent upon their characters, that there exists some kind of a logical fate, and that nothing is left to mere accident or coincidence.” PeopleGivingFeelsKindLittlesCharacterEyeActionLeftAudiencePiecesFatePersonalityCreaturesTasksMereInsightAccidentsCharacteristicsLatterLogicalCoincidence Author:Ernst Lubitsch
“A boy is a magical creature you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of your heart. You can get him out of your study, but you can't get him out of your mind. Might as well give up he is your captor, your jailer, your boss and your master a freckled-faced, pint-sized, cat-chasing bundle of noise. But when you come home at night with only the shattered pieces of your hopes and dreams, he can mend them like new with two magic words Hi, Dad!” MenGivingMindWellsHeartArtTwoHomeDreamMightNightHopeWishSleepSinBoysStudyPiecesMagicMastersDadCreaturesGiving UpCatQuittingNoiseBossComing HomeLocksChasingShatteredWorkshopsHopes And DreamsBundlesPintsJailerMagic WordsMagical Creatures Author:Alan Beck
“The creature called man has a strange history. He is not of one piece, nor was he born of a single moment in time. His elementary substance is stardust almost as old as the universe.” MenMomentsUniverseBornPiecesStrangeCreaturesSubstanceMoments In TimeSingle MomOne PieceStardust Author:Loren Eiseley
“So this piece of dirt waits four and a half billion years and evolves and changes, and now a strange creature stands here with instruments and talks to the strange creatures in the audience. What a wonderful world!” WorldYearsWaitingHalfAudiencePiecesFourWonderfulStrangeCreaturesInstrumentsBillionsEvolveDirtWonderful World Book:The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist Source: The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist