Francis of Assisi Quotes
Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
Quotes to Explore
-
If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
-
All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
-
I absolutely welcome a full investigation into the for-profit schools because I think a majority of them are predatory.
-
I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
-
Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
-
It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
-
Any competent actor could have done what I did.
-
I love anything to do with history.
-
There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
-
We didn't rehearse or play the songs to death before we recorded them, and that let us catch a freshness and energy level we've never really felt while making records.
-
All of my main characters have been under 30.
-
If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it.
-
The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same.
-
You learn from the things that happen in your career. You get up and down. You never give up. All the things that happened in my career, thank God it happened early rather than late in my career.
-
I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.
-
The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.
-
The truth is not a bidimensional thing; it's not flat. It's rounded; it's like a sphere, so there's always a hidden face. There's one that is revealed because there's light reflecting on it, but there's always a hidden one, and once you go around to see the hidden one, it moves, and that's life.
-
The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?
-
Everybody thought I was crazy. They thought I should take the money and run. But there was just something special about being a senior at Chapel Hill. I just couldn't leave.
-
I've always enjoyed things a little more chaotic than most people would prefer. I feel that I run well in chaos.
-
I will continue to be intelligent, I vowed, no matter how beautiful I become.
-
Today we have access to highly advanced technologies. But our social and economic system has not kept up with our technological capabilities that could easily create a world of abundance, free of servitude and debt.
-
Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
