Charles Fourier Quotes
Any civilized administration, however organized, prefers its own good to that of the people.
Quotes to Explore
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I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
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My father was the proprietor of a music shop on Forty-third Street, where many of the finest performers and musicians of the day would come to shop. He knew the classical repertoire inside out.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.'
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If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.
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To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.
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I've never, ever done a piece of work - and can't imagine doing a piece of work - when I've thought, 'I was pretty perfect in that.'
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The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage.
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The first English settlers of North America knew they were making history. New Englanders in particular were so sure of it that they started writing their own accounts of themselves as soon as they got here.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
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You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.
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I never thought of myself doing period. When you're in your acting classes, and you think about the kind of roles you want to play, it's always 'modern relationship drama'-type things.
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Filming is a witnessing process. You don't try to control it, even though sometimes you wish you could because it can go really, really wrong for you.
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The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant.
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My grandparents on my father's side came to this country from the Caribbean with a strong connection to Africa and no shame about it.
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I haven't read a newspaper in 20 years. I don't look at the computer or anything. You have to have a filter on what you let in.
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We are going to inherit the earth; there is not the slightest doubt about that.
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It is true that despite occasional gleams of Churchillian eloquence he [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] usually spoke poorly. He was far more effective in conversations a deux. But those who dismiss him as shallow because his rhetoric was fustian err.
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I got the wake-up call that no one is policing our oceans. I wondered, how can I do anything? What really can I do to make things better? There are some perks to being a celebrity. My job is to be funny once in a while, but it's my responsibility to make good use of it.
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Confidence comes in going on personal journeys in a public arena and feeling as though you have a right to do that. You have to give yourself permission to discover what you need to discover and not worry about how pretty the journey is. If you're aware of the pretty, you're not going to dig into the mess.
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I think it's important to not always wear pants and not always wear dresses. You should and mix that up.
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Any civilized administration, however organized, prefers its own good to that of the people.
