Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes
There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course.
Quotes to Explore
-
My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. I think that for those of us who write, when we find a wonderful book written by someone else, we don't really get jealous, we get inspired, and that's kind of the mark of what a good writer is.
-
I do a lot of speaking about energy and environment. But that's more a second job than a hobby. Hobby-wise, I love the outdoors - hiking, biking, kayaking, swimming, scuba diving. Because I spend almost all of my life in front of a screen, time in nature is especially important, I think.
-
Most of the offers I get from Hollywood are for teen comedies. My manager thinks I'm crazy for turning down all that money, but I'm very picky.
-
Interviews make me so nervous - I can't get a sentence out of my mouth.
-
History is not a long series of centuries in which men did all the interesting/important things and women stayed home and twiddled their thumbs in between pushing out babies, making soup and dying in childbirth.
-
It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.
-
I don't even have my own computer.
-
I think that a lot of people would perceive my style as being intimidating. And although I don't want to intimidate kids, I am very demanding.
-
The beauty of kids is they don't care who you are, which is why people like the Obamas like them so much - they treat them like normal people.
-
As an actor, you read so many scripts and parts written for Asian-specific characters, and you see a lot of stereotypes and a lot of one-note characters, especially in comedy.
-
I'm a melancholy person. It's how I'm always going to be.
-
By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.
-
In the Middle Ages and beyond, the target was the Court Jew who had the ear of the ruler; during the Inquisition it was the Spanish Jews who thrived after their conversion to Christianity.
-
Working with the brothers can put pressure on my voice, so I choose to do my own solo thing so I can save my voice. I couldn't do both now. The Neville Brothers is a funk band; they play loud, and I have a strong voice.
-
But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our methods to some totalitarian form. This is a prospect that any lover of democracy must view with consternation.
-
Angry or not. It's a human emotion. But you can't walk around being angry all the time. What a dull person you'd have to be!
-
When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying.
-
Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
-
It's just like heirloom tomatoes; this is heirloom music. We used to have all kinds of diversity in our poultry, in our vegetables, in our fruits, and slowly but surely the monoculture beast comes in. I'm saying that's not a good idea. And if it means that I gotta do it on my own, then I do it on my own.
-
The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.
-
London is too full of fogs and serious people. Whether the fogs produce the serious people, or whether the serious people produce the fogs, I don't know.
-
My literary success meant nothing to me.
-
Novels are pirated all the time, but it's hard to imagine that you're at work and you open up the attachment that your brother sent you and it's the new Phillip Roth novel.
-
There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course.
