Elizabeth Wurtzel Quotes

The men have piled up in my past, have fallen trenchantly through my life, like an avalanche that doesn't mean to kill but is going to bury me alive just the same.

Elizabeth Wurtzel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 31, 1967

Topics

LifeMenPastMeMy LifeAlive

I began observing, making paintings of my surroundings, taking a vow of silence, listening, composing music, writing, and making time for formal education. Then I started telling stories.

John Francis

EducationMusicTimeSilenceWriting

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

Andrew Carnegie

LeadershipManFirstOysterShell

The real breeders of discontent and alien doctrines of government and philosophies subversive of good citizenship are such as these who take the law into their own hands.

John L. Lewis

GoodGovernmentLawHandsAlienOwn

I spend a lot of time working as a painter and in my studio I go from upstairs where I paint to downstairs where I play and record, so I get this thing crossing over.

Andy Summers

TimePlayGoOverPaintWorking

Dexter-Land is a dark and scary place, and I couldn't live there permanently. To be honest, I don't think I even want to visit.

Jeff Lindsay

LiveThinkDarkPlaceWantScary

Whenever I hear, 'It can't be done,' I know I'm close to success.

Michael Flatley

SuccessKnowDoneCloseHear

With over 1 billion users and counting worldwide, the Internet has quickly become a critical place for individuals, business communities and governments to share and distribute information.

Robin Hayes

BusinessInternetInformationPlace

Even though I was making documentaries, my films had fictional elements to them. I think I like blurring those distinctions because so much of what we see on television purports to be the truth, but it's often largely imaginary - or wishful thinking, or any number of less honorable things.

Ruth Ozeki

TruthThinkThinkingTelevisionSee

'Tis very great pity that they who are so apt to over-rate themselves in smaller matters, shou'd, where it most concerns them to know, and stand upon their Value, be so insensible of their own worth.

Mary Astell

GreatValueStandWorthKnowOwn

It's one of the nice things about this nation that when the Constitution is violated, if it affects you, you can bring a suit.

Michael Newdow

ConstitutionYouNiceNationBring

If I make two films in a year, they'll be different. This is my style - I can't have just one way.

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

StyleBe DifferentYearWayTwo

If you take a really good book, then the potential is for a really good film. But you've got to get it right.

Christopher Hampton

GoodBookPotentialYouRightFilm

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