Brandt Quotes

I want my images to achieve two things in this regard - to be an elegy to a world that is tragically vanishing, to make people see what beauty is disappearing. Also, to try and show that animals are sentient creatures equally as worthy of life as humans. ~ Nick Brandt

The photographer must possess and preserve the receptive faculties of a child who looks at the world for the first time. ~ Bill Brandt

I think I was in love with Brandt. Like love-love, the gooey, kissy, get married, make babies and live happily ever after kind of love. - Sarah ~ Linda Kage

Brandt was in a room full of people all looking at him as he was about to get naked...When Brandt's cock sprung free, there was a gasp from all corners of the room.
Nestor fanned himself. Bryce's mouth made a perfect "O" in exactly the right shape to fit over a beautiful, plump cockhead. Donnelly just stared, blinked hard, and stared some more.
"What? You guys all look like you've never seen a dick before," Brandt said, a touch of defensive anger in his voice.
"Honey, I thought I had, but I have been most cruelly misled," answered Bryce.
--Dressing room incident #3 ~ Xavier Mayne

If it's sin, that's good news! Sin is the simplest thing in the world to deal with. ~ Henry R Brandt

It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to keep it. ~ Willy Brandt

Brandt would need to do something. Something drastic. Something like ... tell him the truth. Fucking hell, Brandt hated telling the truth. ~ Abigail Roux

Somebody had angrily scrawled DOPE HOUSE with a broad Sharpie above the apartment 6G peephole in the Truman Houses.
"The quality goes in before the name goes on," the CSU tech standing next to Billy said before entering the scene. ~ Harry Brandt

I consider it essential that the photographer should do his own printing and enlarging. The final effect of the finished print depends so much on these operations. ~ Bill Brandt

There are a million ways to create. It's not always typing words, painting pictures, or acting in a play. And you don't get to decide which is correct. ~ Brandt Legg

He'd just called Shawn a bottom, though, and Shawn looked pissed. Call Remy a bottom and he would jump you and let you screw his brains out. Call Thiago a bottom and he would look at you for five minutes, shrug, and the go about his business. Call Nikolaus a bottom and he might cry. Call Brandt a bottom and you might get a blowjob, you might just get blown up. But call Shawn a bottom?
Carl supposed he was about to find out what happened when you called Shawn a bottom. ~ Abigail Roux

By temperament I am not unduly excitable and certainly not trigger-happy. I think twice before I shoot and very often do not shoot at all. By professional standards I do not waste a lot of film; but by the standards of many of my colleagues I probably miss quite a few of my opportunities. Still, the things I am after are not in a hurry as a rule. ~ Bill Brandt

If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two. ~ Brandt Legg

The most powerful ties are the ones to the people who gave us birth it hardly seems to matter how many years have passed, how many betrayals there may have been, how much misery in the family: We remain connected, even against our wills. ~ Anthony Brandt

One has to keep in mind the countless human tragedies that played out in these days. Through the middle of a city, where several thousand connections existed daily, despite administrative division, the concrete pillars were driven into the border, which was expanded like a Chinese wall. ~ Willy Brandt

Perhaps it is his goofy laugh and silly grin that made people underestimate him; certainly his playfulness contributed to that perception. At their wedding reception, Jeff [Bezos] and MacKenzie provided an outdoor adult play area that included water balloons. ~ Richard L. Brandt

Halfway through the set, the lead singer, who goes by Cloud, knife in hand, begins to stab at the cutout of Copal Brandt with a lion's passion. Out of nowhere blood is produced and Cloud proceeds to rub it all over his own face and body, then on his own bandmates. Afterwards he roars into the microphone, 'Do you know why we're doing this, McAllen? We're doing this FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON!!!!!!!!! ~ Fernando A. Flores

An ebook is like having a photo of a dead loved one. It's convenient to look at and it will stir the mind, but it doesn't breathe. ~ Brandt Legg

Did Jonathan not realize that sometimes a girl didn't want to be honorable? That sometimes young women had the same desires and needs as young men? ~ Courtney Brandt

You, me, together," he said, his teeth nipping at my earlobe. "Permanently, being as clingy and possessive, jealous, space-invading boyfriend and girlfriend as we want, because this is happening. We are so fucking happening together. Whether you like it or not, you're mine ... just as I've been yours for years. So ... do you got all that?" - Brandt ~ Linda Kage

When I began to photograph nudes, I let myself be guided by this camera, and instead of photographing what I saw, I photographed what the camera was seeing. I interfered very little, and the lens produced anatomical images and shapes which my eyes had never observed. ~ Bill Brandt

Hey," Pavlicek held on, "what's the most bullshit word in the English language." "Closure." "Give that man a cigar," Pavlicek said, then hung up. ~ Harry Brandt

And as the most powerful forces of Nature are the invisible forces, so we find that the most powerful forces of man are his invisible forces, his spiritual force, ~ Brandt Smith

It was difficult, but it was also rewarding. When you have a chance to see kids get better, everything makes it all worth it. All I wanted was to try to make a difference in my life and have a legacy in some way, but for something I had done in someone else's life. ~ Paul Brandt

Wo Hunger herrscht, ist auf die Dauer kein Friede."

("Where there is hunger, there cannot be lasting peace.)

Speech before the United Nations General Assembly, September 26, 1973 ~ Willy Brandt

Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried! ~ Bill Brandt

Well, fuck, Brandt whispered. All that rational thinking had to be thrown out the window. This was why he liked irrational thinking so much better. It took less effort and the conclusions you came to were harder to refute. ~ Abigail Roux

I'd disagree with the characterisations of him as competitive (which I think was just misinterpretation of his ambition) or secretive (which I think is more about wanting to protect his team and his customers). Jeff [Bezos] could much more accurately be described as a naively optimistic geek than a calculating megalomaniac. ~ Richard L. Brandt

Every book Runit hadn't written haunted him, so he understood about the mental takeover from the craft of writing. Those unwritten books, locked inside a writer's head, make an inescapable noise, like murmurs from conversation one can't quite make out blended loudly with paper pages blowing in a disturbing wind. ~ Brandt Legg

After a thousand watercolors you will find you have fallen in love with paper and paint. ~ Rex Brandt

Castro inhaled again, blew out enough smoke to announce a pope. ~ Harry Brandt

Am I supposed to say something interesting here? ~ Michael Brandt

My son is pre-K and my daughter is in elementary school. So they don't watch the show. But my son knows that I'm on it - he says that 'Breaking Bad' is his favorite show even though he's never seen it. It's really great that he says that, because it makes me look like mother of the year. ~ Betsy Brandt

No amount of toying with shades of print or with printing papers will transform a commonplace photograph into anything other than a commonplace photograph. ~ Bill Brandt

More powerful than armies and police, stronger than guns and bombs, words are what change the world, and that is why they're always a threat to those that rule with corrupt ways ~ Brandt Legg

A good nude photograph can be erotic, but certainly not sentimental or pornographic. ~ Bill Brandt

I've never had a price on my head, I wonder how much I'd be worth?"
"A pinecone or two, I'd wager," Shawn murmured. ~ Abigail Roux

Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family. ~ Anthony Brandt

Man's brain is, after all, the greatest natural resource. ~ Karl Brandt

The only things that scared Brandt were water and fire extinguishers. ~ Abigail Roux

In features, one of the goals is to have the audience walk out, fully satisfied. In today's world, it's maybe wanting a sequel. ~ Michael Brandt

Brandt Everett was certifiably crazy so far as Shawn was concerned, and to keep him under control they had to find something the man liked more than blowing shit up. ~ Abigail Roux

I can tell you, we had a lot of fun at 'Breaking Bad.' You have to. ~ Betsy Brandt

Your walk with God does not depend on people, places, things or events. ~ Henry R Brandt

TV is gratifying in the long-term. We [writers] find ourselves knowing who we can go to for a laugh, or who we can go to for a good emotional moment, and then milking those things. ~ Michael Brandt

There's no human remedy for sin. ~ Henry R Brandt

Few photographers have ever considered the photography of wild animals, as distinctly opposed to the genre of Wildlife Photography, as an art form. The emphasis has generally been on capturing the drama of wild animals IN ACTION, on capturing that dramatic single moment, as opposed to simply animals in the state of being. ~ Nick Brandt

My reign has been anything but traditional. Let's not start now, shall we? ~ Courtney Brandt

He willingly offered her every part of himself for her pleasure. Sam took full advantage. Pushing up on his shoulders, he rolled over onto his back, swinging her on top of him. Sam laughed joyously and accepted the invitation. Using her fingers, her lips and her tongue, she traced, teased, and tormented Brandt until he could stand it no more.
Without warning, Sam found herself flipped over, tucked under him, her legs hooked over his hips. Brandt waited until Sam gazed into his eyes. Then dropping his forehead to hers, he plunged deep. ~ Dale Mayer

Jesus wants to give you peace. ~ Henry R Brandt

I want to know why you don't like me, Malloy. I like you, even if you do hit people."
He sighed. "I never said I didn't like you, Mrs. Brandt."
Reasonable again. She wanted to smack him. "And why don't you ever call me Sarah? You think I'm beautiful, but you never call me Sarah."
He muttered something she didn't understand.
"You do think I'm beautiful," she insisted. "You said so!"
"Yes, I do," he said grudgingly. "And I do like you, Sarah. Now let's talk about something else, because you're going to be very embarrassed if you remember any of this conversation tomorrow. ~ Victoria Thompson

It'd be great to do some other TV. 'Breaking Bad' is definitely my home, but I'd love to have a nice hiatus gig, like a recurring role. Or to do a good film. I'd like to do a Woody Allen movie. I really didn't have a plan, and that's okay with me. ~ Betsy Brandt

I feel 'Breaking Bad' - maybe everybody says this about their show - I feel like this show is so special that I don't 'know' that I necessarily really know what it's like to do a regular show. ~ Betsy Brandt

So you st that charge, and then put yourself right smack in the middle of the blast radius?" Brandt asked with what might have been open admiration. Remy nodded curtly. "Marry me," Brandt requested with unholy glee.
Remy cracked a smile and Carl laughed softly at Brandt's side. Shawn and Nikolaus both sat motionless, staring at Remy disbelievingly. Thiago rolled his eyes and cleared is throat. Nothing Remy did surprised him now. ~ Abigail Roux

The vital elements are often momentary, change-sent things ... a gleam of light on water, a trail of smoke from a passing train, a cat crossing the threshold. Sometimes they are a matter of luck, sometimes of patience, waiting for an effect to be repeated that you have seen. It is usually some incidental detail that heightens the effect of a picture, stressing a pattern, deepening the sense of atmosphere. ~ Bill Brandt

Ethical obligation has to subordinate itself to the totalitarian nature of war. ~ Karl Brandt

Biblical counseling is listening to a person long enough until you hear a violation of scripture. ~ Henry R Brandt

Denny gave me a strange look when I showed up in the band room, but I have always believed playing drums is no excuse not to look cute. Besides, if McDaniel shows up, I want to look my best. Oh, crap, I should be paying attention.
"Did you hear anything I said?"
I answer honestly, "No."
Denny runs a hand through his spiked hair and asks, "Do you really want to learn how to march?"
"I have to learn to march if I want to be a part of the section, right?"
"Right."
"Then, it doesn't really matter if I want to do anything. It's something I have to do."
Denny looks confused and partially like he's completely regretting the decision to add me to his section, but proceeds to teach me drill for the better part of two hours. While we run through the steps, I look longingly over at my quints, which I have secretly decided to name Quincy. ~ Courtney Brandt

Peace is something more than the absence of war, although some nations would be thankful for that alone today. A durable and equitable peace system requires equal development opportunities for all nations. ~ Willy Brandt

You're just a prayer away from a change of heart. ~ Henry R Brandt

I like 'Mad Men,' and I think 'The Killing' is pretty great too. I like 'Brothers & Sisters.' ~ Betsy Brandt

She had been shot once, point-blank in the chest, from five, maybe six feet away. ~ Kathy Brandt

A penis is a penis, but a hard-on is more like a message you send to other people. It's a desire, not a body part."
Brandt swiveled his chair around to face Donnelly, "'It's a desire, not a body part'? What kind of fucked-up angry feminist book did you get that out of?"
--Donnelly & Brandt ~ Xavier Mayne

What your soul needs is a check up. ~ Henry R Brandt

Being white also put Drast in the minority, but in 2098 skin color wasn't the issue it had once been for the world. There had been much blending. The majority of people were a varied and lovely light shade of brown. The ~ Brandt Legg

I am not interested in rules or conventions. Photography is not a sport. ~ Bill Brandt

I'm looking forward to Phoenix. I ran well there last year in the Nationwide Series, and it was one of the tracks I made four Sprint Cup starts at last season. In the Cup race last year, I had a good run going for it being my first time there in a Cup car, and unfortunately got damage from an accident. It's not a restrictor plate race, so this will be the first time this season that I will run a lot of laps in practice. It's also the first race for the new qualifying format, so it will be interesting to see how that works out. Overall, I just want to have a solid run in the BRANDT Chevy. ~ Justin Allgaier

In my portraits I try to avoid the fleeting expression and vivacity of a snapshot. ~ Bill Brandt

And who exactly are you supposed to be, the Queen of England? ~ Courtney Brandt

I think a reason why TV is exciting and getting so much better is because we [authors] get to play off of an actor's strengths and challenge them on their weaknesses. On a feature [film], you don't necessarily get to do that. You hope that they cast the right guy, who comes in and plays your part. ~ Michael Brandt

Morally it makes no difference whether a person is killed in war or condemned to starve by the indifference of others. ~ Willy Brandt

All is measured by that relative term, quality. It is in this search for quality that the artist is, of necessity, the eternal student. ~ Rex Brandt

Returning to the Brandt home but I agreed to give a hand. We arrived after lunch and found Lise at work loading a wheelbarrow with the smaller stones from the huge pile beside the shed. The flower bed itself was in the middle of the yard, positioned in a sunny area between deep pools of shade that lay beneath a couple of tall hackberry trees. ~ William Kent Krueger

Did you set this fire?" Thiago demanded angrily.
"If I had started this fire, there would just be a crater," Brandt answered heatedly, "and none of us would be sitting here breathing in all this lovely smoke because I would have made damn sure to blow us all to Hell!" he shouted. It was the first time Thiago had seen the big man perturbed, and he instantly regretted his hasty accusation. "So no, I didn't start this fire, but fuck you very much, all the same. ~ Abigail Roux

And now we both blushed, because things like changing one's garments should not be discussed among a Queen and one of her subjects. ~ Courtney Brandt

Fear is nothing you should voluntarily enter into. When fear arises naturally, you pay attention to it as a warning, but never go looking for a reason to be afraid. ~ Brandt Legg

When I read both pilots for 'Breaking Bad' and the 'Michael J. Fox Show,' I turned to my husband in real life, and I'm like, 'That is an amazing script.' ~ Betsy Brandt

Not worried about the decor, Brandt. Seriously. Just find us some place where no one you knew from the good old days is going to walk in on us."
"The Black Bear Inn it is," Will said ( ... ) "For the record, those weren't the good old days. These days with you, these are the good old days. Right now. ~ Josh Lanyon

A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere. ~ Bill Brandt

Did you take a vow of poverty or something?"
"This is a housedress, Malloy," she said, indignant again. "I was cleaning when you came. I gave my other clothes away because I got some new ones. From my mother."
"Did your mother take a vow of poverty? ~ Victoria Thompson

It is essential for the photographer to know the effect of his lenses. The lens is his eye, and it makes or ruins his pictures. A feeling for composition is a great asset. I think it is very much a matter of instinct. It can perhaps be developed, but I doubt if it can be learned. To achieve his best work, the young photographer must discover what really excites him visually. He must discover his own world. ~ Bill Brandt

It is the gift of seeing the life around them clearly and vividly, as something that is exciting in its own right. It is an innate gift, varying in intensity with the individual's temperament and environment. ~ Bill Brandt

Texture is most evident where dark meets light on the turning edge and at the outer edge. Experience has taught us to assume that the areas in between have similar features. ~ Rex Brandt

Don't tell me the sky's the limit ... ~ Paul Brandt

My station has barely recovered from the massacre, and we have not held my formal coronation, not to mention the fact I am only eighteen years of age and have no parent present. How on earth do people expect me to find a husband in all of this nonsense? ~ Courtney Brandt

This isn't high school," I said, eyeing him playfully. "You're way out of your depth. ~ Penelope Douglas

Just because anger or hate is present does not mean that the capacity to love & accept is not there; love is always with you. ~ Brandt Legg

The audience is astonishingly friendly and tolerant of even the slightest dab, but is limited in its willingness to look either deeply or at length. ~ Rex Brandt

I often said that when they put me in jail in 1981 it was not the FBI's intent, but they saved my life. They only have seven days in a week, and by the time I went to jail I was drinking eight. ~ Charles Brandt

In high school, a teacher's friend in the police department asked me to go into a bar and flash a fake ID saying I was 21 even though I wasn't. They were assuming the bar wasn't carding people. Anyway, she forgot to ask for it back. I used it all freshman year in college. ~ Betsy Brandt

Sometimes they are a matter of luck; the photographer could not expect or hope for them. Sometimes they are a matter of patience, waiting for an effect to be repeated that he has seen and lost or for one that he anticipates. ~ Bill Brandt

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when I know there are footprints on the moon ~ Paul Brandt

Never tell me the sky is the limit when the zoning code clearly imposes a stricter limit. ~ Paul Brandt

Myron? My brain screeches to a halt. I've transferred to a school where they name kids Myron?! ~ Courtney Brandt

But I did not always know just what it was I wanted to photograph. I believe it is important for a photographer to discover this, for unless he finds what it is that excites him, what it is that calls forth at once an emotional response, he is unlikely to achieve his best work. ~ Bill Brandt

At that idea, I grinned. Queen of England. Single mother. What would my opposition say about that? ~ Courtney Brandt

I didn't think he was a very 'nice' person,' says Chichilnisky [about Jeff Bezos]. 'I liked him, but he was not warm. I'm not criticising him, not a bit. It was like he could be a Martian for all I knew. A well-meaning, nice Martian. ~ Richard L. Brandt

The good photographer will produce a competent picture every time whatever his subject. But only when his subject makes and immediate and direct appeal to his own interests will he produce a work of distinction. ~ Bill Brandt

Undaunted, nature would soon forget the passage of man and return to its routine, tireless and eternal. ~ Michael Jason Brandt

One figure physically threw a fat, balding man out of the clinic. The fat man landed in a heap. He was blubbering, while the other figure walked back toward the clinic. "You don't understand. I have to have my dilaudda. It's the only thing that works, really!" said the fat man. ~ Brandt Trebor