Jeremy Brett Quotes

I've never been one to try to find a niche for myself. I've always tried to wait and see what comes.

I never went out and said, "I want to do this." I never do that. I wait for things to come to me, either within or without, and I go along with it.

My door is open.

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

When I go and teach, it sort of opens me up in some way. And when you're open, you're more receptive.

If anyone wants to ask a question or to suggest something, I'm always open.

I believe confidence is all about being positive concerning what you can do -- and not worrying over what you can't do. A confident person is open to learning, because she knows that her confidence allows her to walk through life's doorways, eager to discover what waits on the other side. She knows that every new unknown is a chance to learn more about herself and unleash her abilities.

I found the one, he changed my life, but was it me that changed?

I can’t remember that I was ever looking for anything. I was waiting for something to touch me. It’s like, I’ll be open to it, and see if it moves me. There has to be a "falling in love" moment.

only someone who is ready for everything, who doesn't exclude any experience, even the most incomprehensible, will live the relationship with another person as something alive and will himself sound the depths of his own being.

Truth waits to be found. It searches for no one.

You need not even listen, just wait...the world will offer itself freely to you, unmasking itself.

Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.

Perhaps I need some shattering experience to awaken and inspire me, or at least to give me some emotion to recollect in tranquility. But how to get it? Sit here and wait for it or go out and seek it? . . . I expect it will be sit and wait.

Love is just like a breeze: it comes, but you should not close your doors to keep the breeze inside.

No; but you came, and found the riddles waiting for you! Indeed you are yourself the only riddle. What you call riddles are truths, and seem riddles because you are not true.

If you don't listen deeply, the connection won't take place.... [You have to be] willing to be changed by the person you're listening to, where you're not just waiting for a pause so you can say your thing, but you're actually letting them have an effect on you if they can.

I have read for countless people on innumerable subjects and the most difficult thing to understand within the cards is always the timing. I knew that, and still it surprised me. How long I was willing to wait for something that was only a possibility. I always thought it was just a matter of time but I was wrong.

I pledged myself to smoke but one cigar a day. I kept the cigar waiting until bedtime, then I had a luxurious time with it. But desire persecuted me every day and all day long. I found myself hunting for larger cigars...within the month my cigar had grown to such proportions I could have used it as a crutch.

You know, the thing about life and love is that they are both ever-changing while people seldom are. (Acheron)

Dancing allows me to go away and not have to think of what I’m doing next. That is the opportunity for me to really escape. I like to say I have a good sense of judgment, but I know that not everybody does. The older I’ve gotten, the more I’ve learned that I have to open myself up to all opportunities. Maybe I’ll get burned and not meet the right people, but I won’t know until I do it.

All my life I've tried to make everybody happy while I just hurt and hide, waiting for someone to tell me it's my turn to decide.

You have to be quite grounded, and I don't know what that is. Sometimes, that means being vulnerable.

She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting.

If you want to become full, let yourself be empty.