David Hume Quotes
The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue.
Quotes to Explore
-
I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
-
You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
-
I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
-
With Nine Inch Nails, it's all Trent Reznor. So when we get a new record from Nine Inch Nails, it depends on what side of the bed Trent's waking up on and what he's been eating lately and what he's been into. Because he's preparing the whole meal.
-
Bosses will tell you they are looking for something different but they're not, actually.
-
Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
-
I don't believe in having spaces in the home that don't get used. We pay so much for square footage that to waste it is criminal.
-
Don't wallow in brainstorming. Time spent fiddling with a business plan or filling up whiteboards with ideas is time that you could spend actually launching your business and seeing if the idea floats. Launching gives you real, solid feedback, instead of the imaginary 'what if' scenarios dreamed up in a conference room.
-
My favorite car is a '69 Barracuda.
-
My parents got me in trouble when I was in school because someone was getting bullied, and I didn't do anything about it. I just watched it happen and then came to the school, and I got cussed out for not helping and not being a part of it.
-
When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.
-
I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.
-
Some people rehearse to a point where they're robotic, and they sound like they have memorized their presentation and didn't take it to the next level. Going from sounding memorized and canned to sounding natural is a lot of work.
-
Really, the '70s and '80s were a blur.
-
I will always tell the truth and do what I said I would do.
-
I had a crazy life for a teenager. I lived in New Jersey, but I'd go to Vermont for three weeks, join a commune, take pictures with the guy I was dating, come back home, and post photos.
-
I think that I've had a very strange life.
-
Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.
-
I'm not at the hoarder stage, but there are two or three storage units here and there. I have things that a lot of people put a lot of heart and soul into, a lot of mental energy. I'm good at keeping those things. When it comes to pop culture, as you move through this fast lane, you wonder where it all goes and how you can hold onto it.
-
Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister.
-
The pop industry is so well-practised at channelling young people's creative energy that I think it gets abused.
-
Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are of the nature rather of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.
-
Would I rather the research lab that tests animals is reduced to a bunch of cinders? Yes.
-
The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue.
