Thomas S. Monson Quotes

Finding the real joy of Christmas comes not in the hurrying and the scurrying to get more done, nor is it found in the purchasing of gifts. We find real joy when we make the Savior the focus of the season.

Thomas S. Monson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 21, 1927 - January 2, 2018

Topics

FocusJoyFindingFindDoneMore

Even though you're filming something and it's all scripted, there's still a sense of ritual about it because you're filming a ritual. It has all these little details that you want to capture, and a very specific mood and tone.

Jeremy Podeswa

DetailsYouWantMoodCaptureTone

Black English is simpler than standard English in some ways; for example, it often gets by with just 'be' and drops 'am,' 'is,' and 'are.' That's because black English arose when adult African slaves learned the language.

John McWhorter

BlackLanguageDropsEnglishSlaves

I like the hot-cold, the sugar-salt, being able to play over-the-top and dramatic things - in the same film. Just as in my life, I can be very funny and at other times almost extinguished.

Jean Dujardin

LifeFunnyMy LifeI CanPlaySame

At any given moment, I've always assumed that nearly everyone around me was smarter than I was, more naturally gifted, quicker-witted, and probably capable of understanding Heidegger and Derrida.

Michael Dirda

MomentMeUnderstandingMoreCapable

The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.

Stendhal

WorkAloneArtWaterManJoy

If we get the W and I have no catches, I'm satisfied, man.

Rob Gronkowski

ManSatisfiedGet

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

Michel de Montaigne

MemoryWishForgetNothingThing

It's kind of part of human nature to want to know the truth or want to be in on the secret. For stories that focus in on that - like whodunits - it's easy to get drawn into.

Mireille Enos

NatureTruthFocusHuman NatureEasy

I respond to authenticity and originality, and I've been a fan of Don Winslow's ever since 'The Power Of The Dog.'

Chuck Hogan

DogPowerAuthenticityRespondBeen

I was 13 when my parents moved to Israel, and I was put in a Scottish mission school. Ninety-nine percent of the children were Israeli... Suddenly, I found myself speaking the wrong language, dressed in the wrong clothes, picked up by the wrong mode of transportation - an embassy car instead of a bus.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

CarChildrenMyselfSchoolParents

I didn't know what architecture was except that I lived in a house. I don't even think that I knew the word for a long time. My dad funneled me into engineering because it was his background.

Antoine Predock

TimeArchitectureMeThinkHouse

I try to play 'Maneater' by Daryl Hall and John Oates at least once when I drive somewhere. It gets me so 'hype,' as the kids would say.

Annalise Basso

MeDrivePlaySayTryHype

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