“When they're watching musicals, I've heard people say, 'That's not rea...” — Jean Louisa Kelly Quote

“When they're watching musicals, I've heard people say, 'That's not realistic! Why would they just start singing?' But, I think they can believe it if they try! I mean, science fiction requires a suspension of disbelief, but people allow themselves to sit back and enjoy it anyway.”

“There weren't a lot of 'Singin' in the Rain' fans in my age group.”

“I would love for musicals to come back on the screen.”

“There aren't too many things that make you feel better than a little kid seeing you, yelling your name, and running to you.”

“It's real difficult to sing out in the elements at 2 in the morning in 35-degree weather while you're dancing in a sleeveless chiffon dress.”

“My character in 'Mr. Holland's Opus' was kind of coming of age, learning about a world that was opening up to her.”

“Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change.”

“It was the merit of Gestalt psychology to make us aware of the remarkable performance involved in perceiving shapes. Take, for example, a ball or an egg: we can see their shapes at a glance. Yet suppose that instead of the impression made on our eye by an aggregate of white points forming the surface of an egg, we were presented with another, logically equivalent, presentation of these points as given by a list of their spatial co-ordinate values. It would take years of labour to discover the shape inherent in this aggregate of figures - provided it could be guessed at all. The perception of the egg from the list of co-ordinate values would, in fact, be a feat rather similar in nature and measure of intellectual achievement to the discovery of the Copernican system.”

“The clever has all the answers, the wise has all the questions.”

“I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is.”

“I have tried to find ways to enjoy the ambiguities that fungi present, but it's not always easy to be comfortable in the space created by open questions. Agoraphobia can set in. It's tempting to hide in small rooms built from quick answers. I have done my best to hold back. page 14”