Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes

Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing has been necessary.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 5, 1884 - August 27, 1969

Topics

GreatTimeHealingSometimesBeen

A novelist has a specific poetic license which also applies to his own life.

Jerzy Kosinski

LifeOwnLicenseHisSpecificWhich

Men are shameless in selling their story. Women are often reserved. So we do need to encourage women to know their story and then tell it strategically as to how they can add value.

Jenny Shipley

WomenMenValueStorySellingKnow

When an actor doesn't face a conflict, he loses confidence in himself. I always want to have a struggle because I believe it will help me accomplish more.

John Garfield

ConfidenceStruggleMeConflictFace

I'm not a machine.

Angelique Kerber

Machine

Now that I can edit the whole thing on AVID and edit the whole thing on tape, maybe I will do the next digitally, because maybe the quality will become less obvious between tape and film.

Michael Apted

QualityI CanNowWillBecomeNext

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.

Shirley Chisholm

ProfitMoralityUpAgainstSeldom

I write on big yellow legal pads - ideas in outline form when I'm doing stand-up and stuff. It's vivid that way. I can't type it into an iPad - I think that would put a filter into the process.

Robin Williams

YellowIdeasThinkLegalDoingWay

I try to just focus on what feels right to me when I am conceiving it, conceptualizing, designing, etc. and then talk it through with the team and listen to what they have to say. This kind of thing is a team effort, and working with a great team is the most important part of filmmaking for me.

Miguel Sapochnik

GreatFocusI AmEffortMeTeam

I'm always hungry for the next thing. I'm never resting on my laurels.

Constance Wu

RestingNeverAlwaysNextHungry

A story is told as much by silence as by speech.

Susan Griffin

SilenceStorySpeechMuch

To all of you who are Republicans of long standing, I hope you appreciate that I always tried to stand for conservative values.

Richard Mourdock

HopeAppreciateStandYouValues

Not too many people are - were as good as Bob Hope. George Burns was great at thinking, you know, on the spot. Steve Allen was marvelous, and so was George Burns. But Bob may be the king of them all, you know.

Rich Little

GoodHopeGreatKingPeopleYou

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