Douglas Sirk Quotes

I was making films about American society, and it is true that I never felt at home there, except perhaps when my wife and I lived on a farm in the San Fernando Valley.

Douglas Sirk

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: April 26, 1897 - January 14, 1987

Topics

HomeWifeSocietyAmericanFarm

I take my religion seriously.

Jim Inhofe

ReligionSeriouslyTake

Seeing what kinds of songs work in other cities and other parts of the world was pretty eye-opening. I know it changed how I approached the second record big-time.

Andy Grammer

WorkWorldSeeingKnowPrettyKinds

My father, Buddy Robinson, was superchic - a dandy. He always wore dinner jackets at night and espadrilles in the summer, but with his own flair. He was even well dressed when riding a tractor or listening to a ball game on the radio.

Tory Burch

FatherDinnerListeningNightGame

It's so hard to have relationships when there is so much scrutiny.

Rosanna Arquette

RelationshipsHardScrutinyMuch

When we project the specific organization of the human body into the space outside it, then we have architecture.

Rudolf Steiner

ArchitectureSpaceOrganizationBody

Rebellion has its roots in government's indifference and incompetence.

Mike Barnicle

GovernmentRootsRebellion

Americans! They want to go 600 miles an hour, and they don't know how to walk! Look at them in the street. Bent over. Coughing! Young men with gray faces! Why can't they look at the animals? Look at a cat. Look at any animal. The only animal that doesn't hold its stomach in is the pig.

Joseph Pilates

WalkMenAnimalLookPigYoung

Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.

Desi Arnaz

GoodGood ThingsRoadEasyThings

I never take on anything that is just for the money or just for, you know. I always have to connect with it in a very personal way because I believe the audience will sense whether I'm into it or not, so I don't take on projects that I'm not really passionate about.

Deborah Cox

MoneyBelieveYouKnowPersonalWay

It is better to not even try it than to endure the ramifications of either quitting smoking or dying.

Christy Turlington

BetterSmokingTryEndureDying

We have a lot of respect for the fact that you can't make movies without money and that when money comes to the table, that money deserves to have a place in the process as much as anything else in the film-making equation.

Anthony Russo

RespectMoneyProcessYouTable

Classifying the stars has helped materially in all studies of the structure of the universe.

Annie Jump Cannon

StarsUniverseStructureStudies

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