Quotes 1701 till 1720 of 2349.
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The U.S. is an optimistic nation. No candidate has ever won the American presidency by speaking primarily to people's deepest fears and by manufacturing a sense of apocalypse - that our leaders 'can't do anything right,' that things are utterly falling apart.
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The ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don't believe you get wiser because you get older. It's a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously.
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The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit. The order of ideas must follow the order of things.
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The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
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The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.
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The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure.
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The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They've always been vehicles through which I can express things I have felt very, very deeply.
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The very first job I did, a Barbie commercial when I was eight or nine, that was like 'Oh my God.' Because when you're watching things on TV, you think it's like a fantasy. But then to actually do it and then see yourself, it's like 'Oh my God.'
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The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty.
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The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
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The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.
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The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
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The way to push things through to a finish effectively must be learned.
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The whole point is, we can forget. It’s important that we forget some things. Otherwise we’d go round the world carrying a hodload of stuff we just don’t need.
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The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
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The whole point of the game is not to stick with one thing, because when that one thing ends, then what are you going to do? For me, I have movies, '106 & Park,' music, and other things to fall back on.
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The whole purpose of writing a book is to be understood - if other people write about you, they try to guess why you did things, or they hear things from other people.
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The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
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The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life.
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The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
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