Francis Bacon Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Though many people said there is no joint border between Turkey and Montenegro, it feels like we are next to each other. We are in the same neighborhood.
-
Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.
-
The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
-
The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
-
I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005.
-
My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
-
The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
-
We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
-
I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
-
After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
-
When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.
-
Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
-
Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem.
-
Acting for me is very therapeutic. It's my shrink.
-
The entertainment business hasn't had a new idea in years.
-
The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.
-
There is no birth of consciousness without pain.
-
Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
-
Man, 'Hill Street Blues' was on when I was 12, and I remember feeling I'd never seen anything like it. It was that far ahead of its time, with dark characters you loved. I remember Ed Marinaro, the football star.
-
When you make content, you try things, and they don't always work. You learn from it and figure out what's next.
-
I'll teach my kids right from wrong, but I'm never going to teach them that they can't have fun. They'll make mistakes; they'll do things they regret, like we all have.
-
When I was a teenager, I was obsessed with black eyeliner all around the eye, but for someone with my kind of skin tone and hair colour, using brown is actually better than black. I've also learnt from makeup artists how to apply lipstick in the correct way: by starting with the Cupid's bow first and working your way around.
-
I kind of entered a flow state. I've been there before while climbing. You are not thinking ahead. You are just thinking about what is in front of you each second.
-
Those that want friends to open themselves unto are cannibals of their own hearts.
