Betty Ford Quotes

I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.

Betty Ford

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• Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.

  

  Adam Ferguson
  • Future
  • Action
  • Design

• We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special.

  

  Edgardo Osorio
  • People
  • High
  • Night

• Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is.

  

  Hans Urs von Balthasar
  • Love
  • Faith
  • For Her

• It's tough when you have to be away. But I'm probably at home more than my dad was because he was working two or three jobs sometimes.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • Home
  • Dad
  • Tough

• Microsoft does platform, not really infrastructure, and they do a little bit of Saas.

  

  Safra A. Catz
  • Platform
  • Infrastructure

• I think it's fine for girls to ask boys out. I actually prefer it.

  

  Zac Efron
  • Think
  • Ask
  • Actually

• I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.

  

  A.J. Styles
  • Good
  • Myself
  • Church

• Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • Hope
  • You
  • Human

• If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story.

  

  Kate Smith
  • Music
  • Done
  • Kind

• Once I feel I'm right, I have enjoyed provoking.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • Feel
  • Right
  • Once

• It's special to have people see you and tell you, 'You make me laugh.' That makes me feel good. I think if you have the talent to do it, it's your duty to pass it on.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • People
  • Good
  • Talent

• I think tripe is maligned. It's wonderful stuff, but everyone goes 'urgh.' You have to wash and then cook it, very gently braise it, for eight hours. It uplifts you but steadies you at the same time.

  

  Fergus Henderson
  • Time
  • Think
  • Same

• I think the attraction of 'American Idol' is about the basic human nature attitude that is, 'We can put you up there. But we can take you down.'

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Up
  • American
  • Nature

• I do not like to work with patients who are in love. Perhaps it is because of envy - I, too, crave enchantment. Perhaps it is because love and psychotherapy are fundamentally incompatible. The good therapist fights darkness and seeks illumination, while romantic love is sustained by mystery and crumbles upon inspection.

  

  Irvin D. Yalom
  • Love
  • For Her
  • Envy

• I'm not interested in going and doing a big, action-adventure romp with nothing to say about being a human being.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Action
  • Doing
  • Adventure

• Family photo albums are so powerful in that they make kids feel valued, cherished and respected.

  

  Nancy O'Dell
  • Family
  • Kids
  • Powerful

• It's like, you can know you want to live your life by being yourself, but how do you actually do that? That can be a whole lifelong journey.

  

  Rachel Keller
  • Life
  • Live
  • Journey

• It is one and the same Avatara that, having plunged into the ocean of life, rises up in one place and is known as Krishna, and diving again rises in another place and is known as Christ.

  

  Ramakrishna
  • Life
  • Up
  • Ocean

• I love all sorts of food, chocolate especially. I eat well, but I like the odd Chinese, like anyone!

  

  Katie Taylor
  • Food
  • Chinese
  • Chocolate

• Wanderers, Dublin's oldest rugby club, has been described more than once as the club of the Church and the Army: the wags added "...unfortunately the wrong Church and the wrong Army."

  

  Gemma Hussey
  • Church
  • Army
  • Described

• I was like one of those newspapers, those periodicals. There's all different kinds of alcoholics. There's the everyday kind: that's the consistent one. That's what people think an alcoholic is-but an alcoholic is basically just someone who's allergic to alcohol. That's all it means. It's just an allergy.

  

  Van Morrison
  • People
  • Different
  • Everyday

• It is no great wonder if in long process of time, while fortune takes her course hither and thither, numerous coincidences should spontaneously occur. If the number and variety of subjects to be wrought upon be infinite, it is all the more easy for fortune, with such an abundance of material, to effect this similarity of results.

  

  Plutarch
  • Time
  • Great
  • Long

• Today I said to the calculus students, "I know, you're looking at this series and you don't see what I'm warning you about. You look and it and you think, 'I trust this series. I would take candy from this series. I would get in a car with this series.' But I'm going to warn you, this series is out to get you. Always remember: The harmonic series diverges. Never forget it."

  

  Alexandre Borovik
  • Students
  • Series

• I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.

  

  Betty Ford
  • Alcohol