Bernie Siegel Quotes
If we had no hope - for a cure, for winning the lottery, for falling in love, for the end of war, for being free of abuse, or for having food, warmth, clothing, and shelter - we would have no reason to go on. What you hope for doesn't matter, but rather the essence of hope itself.
Quotes to Explore
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I think people are able to relate to my appearance. They think of me as the girl next door.
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People are not really that forgiving when they pay for tickets to come see you and you don't show up.
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The idea was never for me to be a career bureaucrat or career technocrat; it was more about where I could implement ideas and reform programs.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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I was raised by women. Now I'm raising women. I was always better around girls. I live in an all-female household. I even have two female dogs... It's funny how that turned out.
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The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.
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I love Japan, and Tokyo is my favorite city.
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You gotta give everybody a new trend a new wave, something new to do.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.
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There is nothing wrong with a woman encouraging a man's advances, as long as they are in cash.
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I have very eclectic tastes.
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Poor privileged white men. Their stranglehold on power is slowly being loosened.
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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
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Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
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All a Jew has to do is recite a few proverbs or anecdotes to consider himself an expert on 'Jewishness.'
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To be honest, you don't get the full picture when you read a script.
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In entertainment, we have a comfort level with crisis.
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John Brown was the abolitionist to end all abolitionists. People thought he was crazy. He was like John Coltrane playing free jazz, exhausting all possibilities in his approach to harmony and improvisation.
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To learn a new language is, therefore, always a sort of spiritual adventure; it is like a journey of discovery in which we find a new world.
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Muscle and water is critical in burning fat.
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I started writing short fiction very briefly, as I imagine is the case for some novelists.
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If we had no hope - for a cure, for winning the lottery, for falling in love, for the end of war, for being free of abuse, or for having food, warmth, clothing, and shelter - we would have no reason to go on. What you hope for doesn't matter, but rather the essence of hope itself.
