Mark Steyn Quotes

The greatest crime of welfare isn't that it's a waste of money, but that it's a waste of people.

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• Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.

  

  Gabriel Byrne
  • People
  • Good
  • Character

• I feel like if I live the Christian life, then the people should be able to see it in my everyday actions.

  

  Quinton Aaron
  • People
  • Life
  • Live

• Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • People
  • Present
  • Identity

• I want variety. I certainly don't want any kind of hype if I can avoid it. I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety, I suppose, because - like a lot of people - I'm easily bored.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • People
  • Trying
  • Want

• We're supposed to be an example of freedom, and if we are doing things that are injustice to people, then what is our statement?

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • People
  • Freedom
  • Injustice

• The beauty of soaps is that it takes a village to make it work, and you get to work with really hardworking people.

  

  Kassie DePaiva
  • People
  • Work
  • Beauty

• President Obama has contempt for real money.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Real
  • Money
  • President

• People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend.

  

  Usain Bolt
  • People
  • Always
  • Legend

• The idea of 'advice,' in terms of telling people advice or asking people for advice, has become not comprehensible to me, to a certain degree, due to feeling, like, for something to be accurately defined as 'good' or 'bad,' I would want to know the context, goal, perspective for it.

  

  Tao Lin
  • People
  • Goal
  • Advice

• People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • People
  • Great
  • Funny

• 'Pyrapshere' began as a sketch for a variety show I produced called 'A Pretty Good Show.' My partner, Andersen Gabrych, and I expanded it into a full-fledged faux-religion, including a list of 21 tenets, sacred symbols, testimonials, and even a clothing line. Many people believed it was a real thing and wanted to join.

  

  Maggie Rowe
  • People
  • Good
  • Real

• I don't want to privatise part of the parliament, like some people in Russia.

  

  Victor Pinchuk
  • People
  • Want
  • Russia

• During a game, it comes down to your mind - the pressure. There are loads of other aspects, too. Many people say taking penalties is easy, but when you're stood over one, that's not the case. It's in no way easy. The goal really does become a lot smaller.

  

  Francesco Totti
  • People
  • Mind
  • Game

• People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • People
  • World
  • Work

• Money often costs too much.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Money
  • Too Much
  • Often

• I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh.

  

  Gad Elmaleh
  • People
  • Real
  • Comedy

• I'm not one of those people who wake up chatting. I usually don't want to speak for the first 10 or 20 minutes. And I don't really want you to talk to me either!

  

  Queen Latifah
  • People
  • Up
  • Speak

• People love video games because they do things they obviously can't do in real life. That's especially true with sports games because fans love to step into the shoes of their favorite athletes.

  

  Ralph Baer
  • People
  • Life
  • True

• As intense as our work is, I try my hardest to live my life so that people in my office feel they can work at 'Frontline' and be parents if they choose to. This goes for the men as well.

  

  Raney Aronson-Rath
  • People
  • Life
  • Work

• This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • People
  • Country
  • Government

• Don't talk about it. The rose doesn't have to propagate its perfume. It just gives it forth, and people are drawn to it. Live it, and people will come to see the source of your power.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • People
  • Power
  • Perfume

• Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out in a year or two, and so will you, looking for a better place.

  

  Mary Douglas
  • Community
  • Workplace

• Some comics are in it for what they can get out of it. Others are in it for a love of comedy. I think those that are in it for a genuine love of comedy find each other within the circuit and become friends.

  

  Johnny Vegas
  • Friends
  • Comedy

• The greatest crime of welfare isn't that it's a waste of money, but that it's a waste of people.

  

  Mark Steyn
  • People
  • Money
  • Rich