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Christopher Morley Quotes

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

Christopher Morley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: May 5, 1890 - March 28, 1957

Topics

Parenting Luck Bad Bad Luck Up Kids

I didn't get the degree because in my last year, for my thesis film I made a feature called Permanent Vacation and they'd given me a scholarship, the Louis B Mayer fellowship and they made a mistake.

Vacation Mistake Me Year Scholarship

As people get older, we all know, you get married and you have a child and that becomes your family, but when you're 16 years old, especially, your family is your friends.

Stephen Chbosky

Family Child People Friends You Old

There are more repercussions for a person being a chronic speeding violator in our country, than there is for a big bank being a chronic violator of S.E.C. rules!

Martin O'Malley

Rules Country Person More Bank Big

I used to be so twig skinny that I couldn't eat enough, because I was just naturally skinny. Until I went to China.

Enough Eat China Skinny Used Just

Anybody who likes to play poker, if you want to find a good poker game, you're going to go play. It's not anything where I'm betting the house, like $100,000. You go, kick back, have fun, talk to some of the fans, enjoy it.

Good Fun Have Fun Game Enjoy You

The box jellyfish takes you into an area of what I'd call science fiction. You feel like you've been dipped in hot burning oil. You burst into flames.

Science Feel You Oil Science Fiction

My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.

Me Winning Say More Difference Made

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a joke - the fact that Madonna is in before Rush and Kiss. Those two bands have influenced so many groups and people other than in metal.

Kiss People Rock And Roll Fame Rock

I don't intentionally make my films with the express goal of surprising the viewer.

Goal Surprising Make Express Viewer

In elementary school, I did well in science, but I was a poor writer. When I got to high school, I failed all my courses.

Science School High School Poor High

Smiles come naturally to me, but I started thinking of them as an art form at my command. I studied all the time. I looked at magazines, I'd practice in front of the mirror and I'd ask photographers about the best angles. I can now pull out a smile at will.

Smile Time Mirror Art Best Practice

The fun for me musically is that you never quite know what works and why. So why pretend you do? Why not just put things together and discover, in the creative process, if and why they work? That approach has served me well.

Work Together Creative Fun Me You

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