#ok

From birth to age 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35 she needs good looks. From 35 to 55 she needs a good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash. ↗

— Sophie Tucker

#birth #cash #girl #good #good looks

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my age, I don't even buy green bananas." ↗

— Claude Pepper

#age #bananas #buy #even #every

I did not try to conform to anybody's ideal of what a Latin celebrity or movie star should be. I took a lot of hits for it. ↗

— Rosie Perez

#celebrity #conform #did #hits #i

Grissom is a character who doesn't really want people poking around in his life. He likes to poke around in his work. ↗

— William Petersen

#character #grissom #his #life #likes

I was trying to break out of the suburbs, and when I did break out, I don't think I took my whole self with me - I think I played a role of being too cool and hip. ↗

— Liz Phair

#break #cool #did #hip #i

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#few #friends #like #should

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning. ↗

— Colin Powell

#bad #better #look #think #will

No sight that human eyes can look upon is more provocative of awe than is the night sky scattered thick with stars. ↗

— Llewelyn Powys

#eyes #human #look #more #night

That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects. ↗

— Victoria Pratt

#action #commit #danger #effects #egg

The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide a path leading to The River of Winged Dreams, or to serve as a resting place until the river’s deeper and truer nature revealed itself. ↗

— Aberjhani

#angels #bridges #contemporary-poetry #dreams #meaning