Theme Quotes · Page 15

The Oriental philosophy approaches easily loftier themes than the modern aspires to; and no wonder if it sometimes prattle about them. It…

— Henry David Thoreau

I had one simple idea about telling friends about arts and technology events. People in the community suggested everything else to us,…

— Craig Newmark

I do what I do because of Walt Disney - his films and his theme park and his characters and his joy…

— John Lasseter

An Associated Press report called the President's antics 'Bible-thumping politics.' Clinton's message was decidedly religious and partisan, as was Governor's Cuomo's remarks…

— Gary DeMar

As we [with Edward Herman] discuss there [in Manufacturing Consent] and elsewhere, recognition of the importance of "manufacturing consent" has become an…

— Noam Chomsky

That's kind of the theme of Own the Night. It's about those nights that are so memorable you could live them forever.

— Charles Kelley

I tend to take [ to Bridget Jones Diaries] something that nearly happened, or might have happened, and then exaggerate it to…

— Helen Fielding

I got the idea [for Anthem's theme] in my school days, in Soviet Russia, when I heard all the vicious attacks on…

— Ayn Rand

I think the great thing about theatre, and if you start in theatre, is that it does build a confidence in poetic…

— Abi Morgan

In art, interest must be centred on the principal theme.

— Swami Vivekananda

Owen [Suskind], in a sense, grew up on a diet of myth and fable, and has become an expert on their themes,…

— Roger Ross Williams

I am good when there is something central about the character. There is always a human theme I attach myself to. I…

— Brad Dourif

Jerry Goldsmith's 'Voyager' theme is a brilliant reworking of the original material.

— Robert Picardo

this is thy hour o soul, thy free flight into the wordless, away from books, away from art, the day erased, the…

— Walt Whitman

The theme of Cosmology, which is the basis of all religions, is the story of the dynamic effort of the World passing…

— Alfred North Whitehead

I like theme parks. The fastest roller coaster I've ever been on is at a casino in Nevada.

— Tia Carrere

I'm more interested in plot than theme, but I hope my values find their way into my stories: kindness, sympathy, effort, and…

— Gail Carson Levine

When I went around promoting 'Crumb,' there would be days I'd wake up in, like, Houston or Cleveland, and I'd step outside…

— Terry Zwigoff

I don't try to call myself a poet. But I know that my stuff is pretty literal, in that the themes are…

— Bo Burnham

Though I am never exactly "blocked" I do have difficult periods. I am led by a fascination with material - the challenge…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I mean these are universal themes. I try not to preach, for sure. I don't enjoy movies that preach - so I…

— Michael Landon, Jr

Years ago I was in a band called Two Lane Blacktop - we deliberately named ourselves after the 'Two-Lane Blacktop' movie, 'cuz…

— Ladyhawke

I concentrate on character, theme, language, structure, voice. It actually surprises me that no matter what I write, people declare it "intently…

— Barbara Kingsolver

The whole underlying theme for the new music... is to communicate honest, human values, and in doing that to try to improve…

— Charlie Haden

I did not write it [Coming of Age in Samoa] as a popular book, but only with the hope that it would…

— Margaret Mead