James Murphy Quotes

I already know your sister is smarter. She's prettier than me too, but I didn't bet on that. I just wanted you to call her in here so she'd look at me again. It was worth the five bucks. ~ Suzanne Young

Do you want me to swear this time? Yes. Well, crap. ~ James Patterson

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake. ~ William James

Comedians are the best public speakers and are up against the most brutal audiences, so you must study them. Learn from them. ~ James Altucher

Grant Dalton, constantly, whenever he gets asked something in the media about Oracle, he makes the statement that we have got unlimited resources, and we can do anything we like. It is just complete crap. ~ James Spithill

I'm a swot," said James. "I read books all the time and I do not know how to talk to people. If I was a girl living in olden times, people would call me a bluestocking. I wish I could talk to people like you do. I wish I could smile at people and make them like me. I wish I could tell a story and have everybody listen, and have people follow me around wherever I went. Well, no, I don't, because I am slightly terrified by people, but I wish I could do all that you can do, just the same. ~ Cassandra Clare

I'm programmed so that only you two can see my old Aura. Everyone else sees an entirely different guy. Boom. Amazing, I know. ~ James Dashner

He had never been particularly young, or to put it another way, he had been young for a long time and now was at his true age, old enough for civilized comfrots and not too old for the primal ones. ~ James Salter

Famous for his 'Maverick' Western series in the 1950s and 'The Rockford Files' in the '70s, and in movies like 'The Great Escape' and 'Grand Prix' in between, James Garner played amiable, independent characters for more than a half-century and never lost his comforting, enduring appeal. ~ Richard Corliss

Love must wait; it must break one's bones. ~ James Salter

Even the sidewalks in ‪New Orleans‬ had personality. ~ Hunter Murphy

Mr. Grey." I nod at him. Moving with lithe athletic grace to the door, he opens it wide. "Just ensuring you make it through the door, Miss Steele." He gives me a small smile. Obviously, he's referring to my earlier less-than-elegant entry into his office. I blush. ~ E.L. James

Writers and magicians do essentially the same thing, they create worlds with words and will. ~ James L. Wilber

Remember, child, life is not a straight line. It cycles. ~ James Rollins

There can be no perfect Europe in which Ireland is denied even the least of its national rights. ~ James Connolly

If you can give your walls history, it supports the action that's happening in front of them. ~ James Pearse Connelly

The advent of DVD/Blu-ray reissues of classic Hollywood and foreign films has been a boon to film buffs, who can now study their favorites in all their glistening detail and restored palettes. ~ James Wolcott

A lot of deaths feel sad. Philip Seymour Hoffman's feels like a robbery. ~ James Poniewozik

The actor Danny Kaye used to say, "Life is a great big canvas. Throw all the paint you can at it." I like that thought. More important, I try to live by it as much as I can. I ~ James Patterson

Iggy. This is not a democracy," I said,( ... )"It's
a Maxocracy. ~ James Patterson

"Bruce" was an Eddie Murphy film, so there was a whole different vibe, working on that film, as opposed to working on a [Adam] Sandler film, which I'd done a few of. First of all, there were tons of kids running around. I'm surprised I ever had a kid after doing that film. ~ Kevin Nealon

You have a knack for trying to get yourself killed! ~ James Dashner

Show me how you pleasure yourself. ~ E.L. James

Her heart was pounding in anticipation and a queer kind of excitement. She was ready. Was that the same as happy? ~ Simone St. James

When dog kill puss, and puss kill dog, the only one happy is the john-crow. ~ Marlon James

If you are a prospective entrepreneur with the desire to start and build a visionary company but have not yet taken the plunge because you don't have a "great idea," we encourage you to lift from your shoulders the burden of the great-idea myth. Indeed, the evidence suggests that it might be better to not obsess on finding a great idea before launching a company. Why? Because the great-idea approach shifts your attention away from seeing the company as your ultimate creation. ~ James C. Collins

To become a champion, fight one more round. ~ James Corbitt

It becomes us in humility to make our devout acknowledgments to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for the inestimable civil and religious blessings with which we are favored. ~ James K. Polk

His hand sliced through the air in a silencing motion, and he stalked to the window. "Have you seen any rats?"
Her mind spun at the sudden shift of subject. "Rats?"
"Rodents that resemble large mice."
"I know what rats are," she gritted out. "Why?"
"They're spies." He peered through the curtain into the darkness. Thick fog diffused the yellow lamplight, creating an eerie glow on the street below. "Have you seen any?"
Rodent spies? The man might be hot as hell, but he was a loon. As inconspicuously as possible, Cara inched toward the door. "I didn't see any furry little James Bonds. ~ Larissa Ione

I do a mean beef Wellington. Gordon Ramsay's is a phenomenal recipe. But that's a lot of prep. The secret to wrap it in Parma ham before wrapping in pastry. I'm so pro smuggling more meat in. ~ James Corden

Sinatra was the biggest influence on my life, my singing career. And rightly so. I mean he was the best singer ever. ~ James Darren

The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success. ~ James Cash Penney

The long days are no happier than the short ones. ~ Philip James Bailey

A wet dog is lovingest. ~ James Thurber

So be joyful. Use your sense of humor. And laugh with the God who smiles when seeing you, rejoices over your very existence, and takes delight in you, all the days of your life. ~ James Martin

Perhaps your quest to be part of building something great will not fall in your business life. But find it somewhere. If not in corporate life, then perhaps in making your church great. If not there, then perhaps a nonprofit, or a community organization, or a class you teach. Get involved in something that you care so much about that you want to make it the greatest it can possibly be, not because of what you will get, but just because it can be done. ~ James C. Collins

People can get blinded by a sense of being comfortable or feeling secure, but that's quite a cynical point of view. ~ Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi

Take the veto. Bush is the first president since James Garfield in 1881 not to veto a single bill. Garfield only had six months in office; Bush has had over four years. ~ Jim Cooper

In my mind I'm going to Carolina. Can't you see the sunshine, can't you just feel the moonshine? Ain't it just like a friend of mine, to hit me from behind, and I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind. ~ James Taylor

Most books don't even come into the world with the noise of the still-born. ~ James Purdy

I began to pray those same fervent prayers, lying in bed at night, hoping to see a scroll unrolled from the ceiling with a message from God just for me. ~ James Green Somerville

I think if there's something one needs to change with oneself, it doesn't have to happen in the New Year. You can do that any time you please - not that it's not a good inspirational tactic for the people that it works for. ~ Brittany Murphy

They fight because there's more between them than they understand at their age. ~ Lorelei James

Nothing beats a little cash in a bear market, of course, and the oldest form of cash is gold. ~ James Grant

Vaughn had his back to the entrance, so he turned around to look.
No.
Fucking.
Way.
It was the cantankerous Ms. Doe.
Catching sight of him in that very same moment, she stopped dead in her tracks. Vaughn was pretty
sure she muttered Oh shit under her breath.
His sentiments exactly. ~ Julie James

All of the great sounds that James Burton and Jimmy Bryant were getting, came out of Telecasters ~ Albert Lee

Science that leads over the horizon depends on gathering the best minds and enabling them to do what the best minds naturally seek to do: pursue the most thrilling questions of the time. ~ James D. Watson

I would only have been too pleased if someone had asked me for my data. If you really believed in your data, you wouldn't mind someone looking at it. You should be able to respond that if you don't believe me go out and do the measurements yourself. ~ James Lovelock

We stared at each other across a narrow space that was full of danger, that almost seemed to roar, like flame.

'Come,' he said. ~ James Baldwin