#u

Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one's thoughts. ↗

— Elisabeth Elliot

#waiting #uncertainty

Knowledge would be fatal. It is the uncertainty that charms one. A mist makes things wonderful. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#uncertainty

Worrying about clothes, though, is easy to understand. When it comes to clothes, people are very competitive, especially if they're movie stars. I think every smart woman devises a look for herself. Margaret Sullivan had a look: romantic, young, pretty, smart. Katharine Hepburn made a look for herself as this wonderful old salty character. Marilyn Monroe had a look; it was like, "Fuck me with sadness"... ↗

— Carol Matthau

#movie-stars #humor

Fifteen minutes later, Betsy came thundering down the stairs. "I'm going to the mall with Sierra to see a movie." Michael leaned forward, switched off the television. "Can you please rephrase that in the form of a question?" "Sure. Can I have some money? ↗

— Kristin Hannah

#kids #parenting #humor

I do a public access show with puppets. Puppets called actors, TV and movie stars. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#actresses #puppets #talk-show-host #tv #movies

Really, it's not people who don't understand us who drive us nuts—it's when those who shouldn't, do. ↗

— Pauline Kael

#movies

Then I’d throw my automatic down the elevator shaft-after I’d wiped off all the fingerprints and all. Then I’d crawl back up to my room and call up Jane and have her come over and bandage up my guts. I pictured her holding a cigarette for me to smoke while I was bleeding and all. The goddam movies. They can ruin you. I’m not kidding. ↗

— J.D. Salinger

#holden-caulfied #movies

I watch silent movies on mute. But only for the dialogue.
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— Jarod Kintz

#movies #mute #silence #silent-movies #movies

As I look back on it, I understand that the jury was sequestered and it was a long trial, but they were a rather high-maintenance bunch. There seemed to be a lot of thought and discussion about what entertainment they wanted, which movies they wanted to watch, and which restaurants they wanted to go to. Yet, as we would learn later, when it came time to deliberate, they never asked a single question about the evidence. ↗

— Jeff Ashton

#movies

I would rather avoid disaster than take it out for dinner and a movie. - Chynna Lennox ↗

— Jim Cooper

#humor #mystery #movies