The severest justice may not always be the best policy
The beginning of thought is in disagreement -- not only with others but also with ourselves.
Eric Hoffer
I can definitely tell when mum has got money because then she likes to go shopping to spend it, whereas dad is steadier and avoids splurges. I like to think I've inherited both sides.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.
We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.
Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. It's like the ultimate rest. It's better than the best sleep you've ever had. It's a quieting of the mind. It sharpens everything, especially your appreciation of your surroundings. It keeps life fresh.
Hugh Jackman
We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.
The pre-human creature from which man evolved was unlike any other living thing in its malicious viciousness toward its own kind. Humanization was not a leap forward but a groping toward survival.
Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise.
It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.
If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.
Facts are counterrevolutionary.
They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.
The enemies of freedom do not argue they shout and they shoot.
William Ralph Inge
Let me just say: Peace to you, if you're willing to fight for it.
Fred Hampton
Citizens, the priority now is to recover trust between the Egyptian - amongst the Egyptians and to have trust and confidence in our economy and international reputation and the fact that the change that we have embarked on will carry on and there's no going back to the old days.
Hosni Mubarak
What good am I? I can't have kids. I can't cook. I've been divorced three times. Who would want me?
Marilyn Monroe
I watched Gene Kelly for his smile, for his energy. Vittorio Gassman for his movement. Clark Gable for his mustache. And I watched Lassie who was happy as a dog.
Jean Dujardin
Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity.
Walter Mosley
In Japan, they have TV sets in cars right now, where you can punch up traffic routes, weather, everything! You can get Internet access already in cars in Japan, so within the next 2 to 3 years it's gonna be so crazy!
Glenn Danzig
Riches and the things that are necessary in life are not evil in themselves. And all of us face cares and troubles in this life. The sin comes in the time and energy we spend in pursuing these things, at the expense of neglecting Christ.
David Wilkerson
When I am made fun of in the press I just remember those days when I'd come home to find that the water had been turned off because my mother couldn't afford the bill. Suddenly, everything feels easier.
Beth Ditto
In high school, we studied a lot of poetical forms. I was really interested in the math that was involved and the strange live break ups. That gave me a great amount of respect for a rhymed stanza.
Joanna Newsom
I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music.
David Hockney
Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.
William Lyon Phelps
As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
Sallust
I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.
Walt Disney
The strength of the Democratic Party of Cook County is not something that just happened.
Richard J. Daley
My favorite toy growing up was Polly Pocket. But one gift that I wanted though never received for Christmas was a pair of trampoline moon shoes. You strap them to your feet and they have springs on them, and you can just jump around!
Lucy Hale
I had a good imagination and I still have one a child-like imagination that hasn't gone away.
Laura Linney
Happiness is an inside job.
William Arthur Ward
Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.
Jack Nicholson
I travel around the world, experiencing every language, every religion... some places where there's just no reason to smile, because their lives are so difficult.
Lionel Richie
I've had nine of my books adapted to film, and almost all were enjoyable. I've been very lucky with Hollywood, and look forward to more movies being adapted. But I don't get involved in that process. I know nothing about making movies and I stay away from it and hope for the best.
John Grisham
Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
Will Durant
Law is stable the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.
Henry James Sumner Maine
My number one goal was not getting 'A's' - and I proved it. I was a 'C' student. You have to be ready to learn. If you're not interesting in learning, it doesn't work. As I grew older and wanted to learn and desperately wanted inside information, learning was a lot easier.
Brian Lamb
Go away, I'm all right!
H. G. [Herbert George] Wells
Perhaps the best motivation for going to Mars is political. It is obvious that no single nation currently has either the will or the resources to do it alone, but a consortium of nations and space agencies could achieve it within 20 years.
Paul Davies
I wanted to be a rich, famous rock-and-roll star in that order.
Dee Snider
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