Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Lewis B. Smedes Quotes

Modern Americans suffer from a fear of judging. Passing judgment on the behavior of fellow human beings is considered an act of medieval, undemocratic intolerance.

Lewis B. Smedes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: August 20, 1921 - December 19, 2002

Topics

Fear Behavior Judging Human Judgment

I was always the person in our class who was fascinated by new plays. I would go to the library all the time as new plays would come out.

Joe Mantello

Time Library Person Go New Class

Despite not looking like a matinee idol, I feel like I have a lot to give. I've never had any trouble with women. People are always surprised with the romantic aspect of my movies.

John C. Reilly

Women Romantic People Looking Feel

I'd just sit with Dee Dee on the corner off of Queens Boulevard and drink and insult people and stuff. That's when I got kicked out of my house. My mother told me it was for my own good.

Joey Ramone

Good Mother People Me House Insult

I don't want to have to be like a Scarlett Johansson - who I have nothing against - but I don't want to have to go on talk shows and pull out every SAT word I've ever learned to prove, like, 'Take me seriously, I am intelligent, I can speak.'

Megan Fox

I Am Me Speak I Can Want Seriously

My character in 'Mr. Holland's Opus' was kind of coming of age, learning about a world that was opening up to her.

Jean Louisa Kelly

Learning Age Character World Kind

Sometimes you walk out of an audition and you kind of know you nailed it and you're probably going to book it, but you very rarely are told in the room by the people who are hiring you.

Michael Cudlitz

Walk People Book You Know Sometimes

Freud said that we are born as a tabula rasa. This is a model that simply is too superficial and inadequate.

Stanislav Grof

Born Said Inadequate Model Simply

It's important not to indicate. People don't try to show their feelings, they try to hide them.

Robert De Niro

People Hide Feelings Important Try

So, suddenly I was an actor. I don't remember being nervous. I learned to be nervous later.

Roger Rees

Remember Nervous Actor Being Learned

I think I've always been waiting for things to happen.

Robin Wright

Waiting Think Always Happen Things

A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.

Minna Antrim

Fool Moral Pleasure Then Bolts

I was torn between the Americanness my mom wanted for me and the Mexicanness my father wanted - they were wrestling for cultural influence over me.

Luis Alberto Urrea

Father Me Mom Influence Wrestling