Daniel Webster Quotes

Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest creatures; but associated with his kind, he works wonders.

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• I've directed independent film.

  

  Vin Diesel
  • Film
  • Independent
  • Directed

• We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Free
  • Hate
  • Authority

• The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Question
  • Tennis
  • Lose

• At every Christmas, I fail to remember the daughters' shoe sizes, and they are not growing, but grown. After ostensible hard thought about who needs what, I have failed to give good gifts; I have failed to receive good gifts.

  

  Padgett Powell
  • Good
  • Remember
  • Growing

• Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take responsibility for it, get destroyed by it. I also saw that stardom in and of itself was empty.

  

  Patrick Dempsey
  • People
  • Responsibility
  • Honor

• I've felt that if you dwell too much on your errors, you're dealing in the negativity of things. I don't like that. I'd rather work on the positive reinforcement, the things I did well.

  

  Hale Irwin
  • Work
  • Positive
  • Negativity

• I've always found that once you're in the door of a place and you have the chance to show how you operate and how talented you are, then anything can happen.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Always
  • Chance
  • Door

• I am not afraid to go to jail.

  

  Ferdinand Marcos
  • Afraid
  • Jail

• Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.

  

  Tatyana Ali
  • Working
  • Lucky
  • Incredible

• Best Buy is just too Western! They do not stock enough Chinese brands, and Chinese people do not want to buy foreign brands.

  

  Zhang Jindong
  • People
  • Want
  • Best

• I never had little brothers, so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what 'pull my finger' meant the hard way.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Age
  • Never
  • Young

• Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Bad
  • Best
  • Beginning

• As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.

  

  Talisa Soto
  • Challenge
  • Learn
  • Look

• Fame is a lot of fun, but it's not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn't have anything that I wanted. After about six months, I found it boring.

  

  Jack Gilbert
  • Fun
  • Interesting
  • Loved

• With every little bit of change we make in our lives, we can maximize that small change simply by asking ourselves: 'What's next? What can I do now? What additional responsibility can I take on?'

  

  Yehuda Berg
  • Small
  • Change
  • Responsibility

• I'm a father and I'm a husband and I care about what's happening on our streets.

  

  Gabriel E. Gomez
  • Father
  • Care
  • Husband

• If my children were hungry I should think I would steal to feed them.

  

  Ian Smith
  • Children
  • Think
  • Hungry

• History is weirdly dismissed as not having anything to do with the present moment.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • History
  • Present
  • Moment

• I do not see any reason why they should not be given the means to give their teachers just as high an education as is secured by attendance at the Protestant schools.

  

  Charles Tupper
  • Why
  • High
  • Education

• My mom and dad met at Anaheim High School. After they got married, all they wanted to do was have four children, and they did.

  

  Gwen Stefani No Doubt
  • Children
  • School
  • High

• Terrorism doesn't have a border. Terrorists attack Mumbai, Peshawar, and also Paris.

  

  Adnan Sami
  • Paris

• What you believe and focus on becomes your reality.

  

  Michael McMillian
  • Believe
  • Reality
  • Focus

• To those who do not know mathematics it is difficult to get across a real feeling as to the beauty, the deepest beauty, of nature ... If you want to learn about nature, to appreciate nature, it is necessary to understand the language that she speaks in.

  

  Richard Feynman
  • Real
  • Nature
  • Science

• Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest creatures; but associated with his kind, he works wonders.

  

  Daniel Webster