“'The Golden Compass' became a bad experience because the studio didn't have faith in the strength of the ideas of the novel, which is ironic because it's one of the greatest fantasy novels ever written, if not the greatest, and they took the religion out of it and tried to turn it into a popcorn movie.” IfsIdeasTurnsFantasyNovelWrittenStudiosGoldenHave FaithIronicCompassPopcornBad ExperiencesFantasy Novels Author:Chris Weitz
“With hand on the spade and heart in the sky Dress the ground and till it; Turn in the little seed, brown and dry, Turn out the golden millet. Work, and your house shall be duly fed: Work, and rest shall be won; I hold that a man had better be dead Than alive when his work is done.” MenHeartLittlesDoneHandsTurnsHouseWorkAliveSkyDressesSeedsGoldenDryBrownFedsSpades Book:The Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Cary Source: The Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Cary
“From the earliest times man has been engaged in a search for general rules whereby to turn the order of natural phenomena to his own advantage, and in the long search he has scraped together a great hoard of such maxims, some of them golden and some of them mere dross. The true or golden rules constitute the body of applied science which we call the arts; the false are magic.” MenLongHas BeensArtBodyTogetherOrderTurnsNaturalMagicAdvantageMereGoldenEngagedMaximsGolden RuleNatural PhenomenaDrossApplied Science Author:James G. Frazer
“There was the gaudy patch of sunflowers beside the west gate of the palace of the Prince of Ombria, that did nothing all day long but turn their golden-haired, thousand-eyed faces to follow the sun.” LongFacesTurnsSunThousandWestGoldenGatesPalacesPatchesSunflowerGaudy Book:Ombria in Shadow Source: Ombria in Shadow