Kirk Douglas Quotes

Compared to Thoreau, Saint Francis of Assisi was peanuts.

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• I am supposed to set an example to young players.

  

  Zinedine Zidane
  • Young
  • Players
  • Example

• It was really weird dealing with the media. I had no idea how to handle it.

  

  Laura Dekker
  • Weird
  • Idea
  • Media

• Every different director has another language - for instance, Hitchcock does not like any bright color ever, unless the story says 'there goes the girl in a red dress.'

  

  Edith Head
  • Different
  • Girl
  • Language

• Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry.

  

  Baz Luhrmann
  • Time
  • Relationship
  • Stars

• When I came to Delhi and noticed an insider view, I felt what it was, and I was surprised to see it. It seemed as if dozens of separate governments are running at the same time in one main government. It appeared that everyone has its own fiefdom.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • Time
  • Running
  • Government

• Normally I don't watch myself, because I'm not very objective.

  

  Nancy McKeon
  • Myself
  • Watch
  • Objective

• People know about the Klan and the overt racism, but the killing of one's soul little by little, day after day, is a lot worse than someone coming in your house and lynching you.

  

  Samuel L. Jackson
  • People
  • Soul
  • House

• Hair wax is my go-to. When it comes to shampoo, I use whatever is at the rink.

  

  Carl Hagelin
  • Hair
  • Whatever
  • Wax

• When I'm on Faro, I'm never lonely.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
  • Never
  • Lonely

• It's not for me or another European to speak about domestic political choices or decisions in the U.S.

  

  Federica Mogherini
  • Political
  • Choices
  • Speak

• What the world is saying to us human beings is, 'Don't stick to the old ways, learn to think anew.' And that's what musicians do every day.

  

  Daniel Barenboim
  • World
  • Day
  • Musicians

• While Texas women have the right to safe, legal abortion, in reality there are already very few facilities in Texas to provide this essential care. In 2008, 92 percent of Texas counties had no abortion provider.

  

  Wendy Davis
  • Women
  • Reality
  • Texas

• I record all night and sleep all day. It started because you're excited about the music and you want to stay up longer, but over 15 years, it's become a habit. In my circle, I think a lot of musicians operate like this. When the place is quiet, you're more creative. I have plenty of people I can call at 4 A.M. and know they'll be up.

  

  Damian Marley
  • People
  • Up
  • Music

• Especially in music, you wonder, Okay, should I still be doing this? Like, are you overstaying your welcome at the party? But I don't know.

  

  Beck
  • Music
  • Party
  • Wonder

• I really want Americans, and all of us, to be less afraid of death, and know that it's a passage, but that - don't go to the funeral before the day of the funeral.

  

  Valerie Harper
  • Want
  • Death
  • Day

• The more we study Art, the less we care for Nature. What Art really reveals to us is Nature's lack of design, her curious crudities, her extraordinary monotony, her absolutely unfinished condition.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Art
  • Nature
  • Design

• A 'shared choice' movement sees the fetus as the genes of a woman and the genes of a man; the flesh of the woman, the flesh of the man; the bone of a woman, the bone of a man; the responsibility of a woman, the responsibility of a man; the rights of a woman, the rights of a man. It desires a transition to equality.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Responsibility
  • Equality

• I want to see people using Perl to glue things together creatively, not just technically but also socially.

  

  Larry Wall
  • People
  • Together

• If at first you don't succeed, pay someone else to do it for you.

  

  Mark Hoppus Blink-182

• Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them.

  

  James Fallows
  • Angry

• When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

  

  Charles A. Beard
  • Dark

• That's what I love about baseball, that it gives the opportunity for every single guy to develop and play the game. There's not a rule that you have to be 6 foot or you have to be real strong to play baseball or to become a good player.

  

  Jose Altuve
  • Good
  • Real
  • Guy

• You can't get a leopard to change his spots. In fact, now that I come to think of it, you can't really get a leopard to appreciate the notion that it has spots. You can explain it carefully to the leopard, but it will just sit there looking at you, knowing that you are made of meat. After a while it will perhaps kill you.

  

  Geoffrey K. Pullum
  • Thinking
  • Knowing
  • Appreciate

• Compared to Thoreau, Saint Francis of Assisi was peanuts.

  

  Kirk Douglas