Makes Quotes

I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.

Globalisation has made us more vulnerable. It creates a world without borders, and makes us painfully aware of the limitations of our present instruments, and of politics, to meet its challenges.

Any style that Nike makes in all black, shoe, sweatshirt, onesie, doesn't matter, I pretty much need to have.

Lovers of painting and lovers of music are people who openly display their preference like a delectable ailment that isolates them and makes them proud.

When I think of the library of Alexandria and of the fact that, although it burnt down, people continue to sort the letters of the alphabet according to that tradition, then that makes certain expressions of modernity, even of interventions on the textual level, possible.

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.

Of course, everybody makes mistakes, and we've all been young and stupid. But people need to have a sense of respect, particularly in this business, because hundreds of people are ready to take your place at any time. Maybe some people should think about that.

Pride in boasting of family antiquity, makes duration stand for merit.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Lately I've been falling asleep listening to 'Common One' by Van Morrison, specifically the song 'Summertime in England.' It's 15 minutes long, so to make it through the entire song is a real task unto itself, but Van has that emotional payoff that makes even his most tiresome songs more powerful than most people's entire catalog.

In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.

A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.

What we did in our childhoods makes us who we are now.

Christina Aguilera and I are friends no matter what the media makes up.

That it will never come again is what makes life sweet.

The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not.

Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle.

If you have everything, then you don't want to go on. It's the lacking that makes you search for something better.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

Culture makes all men gentle.

The gleam in their eyes telegraphs only too clearly that they are hoping for a headline, which of course means something disparaging, because nothing makes such good copy as a feud.

Having that amount of nominations makes me a little nervous, because you feel that the bar is really high, the expectations are really high, but it also feels great.

Satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels.

By building relations we create a source of love and personal pride and belonging that makes living in a chaotic world easier.

The body is forever teaching us lessons. There are all sorts of things that we can't do, shouldn't do, had better not do very often or do for too long as we get older. The body makes its presence known.

It makes me feel good to have some comforting effect on someone that needs comfort.

Seven days without laughter makes one weak.

Technology makes things faster and more cost-effective, but it's not perfect. It requires you to be as flexible as you can be.

He makes no friends who never made a foe.