Elsa Maxwell Quotes

Someone said that life is a party. You join in after it's started and leave before it's finished.

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• Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.

  

  Vanna Bonta
  • Up
  • Dream
  • Knowledge

• My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.

  

  Sally Kirkland
  • Kind
  • Attitude
  • Enthusiasm

• We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.

  

  Adam Davidson
  • Country
  • American
  • History

• Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

  

  Dale Carnegie
  • Time
  • Small
  • Best

• I am not in the business of suppressing books.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Business
  • Books
  • Suppressing

• Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Parents
  • More
  • Shine

• I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.

  

  Laura Wasser
  • Law
  • Dad
  • Thought

• I'd like to do something with Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr., Tim McGraw, Justin Timberlake, and Gwen Stefani.

  

  Usher
  • Like
  • Something
  • Michael

• I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.

  

  Malorie Blackman
  • Love
  • Hope
  • Reading

• Just as soaps were very pivotal in the transition from radio to television, they will be right in the thick of things again in the transition from television to the Internet. Exciting news.

  

  Cameron Mathison
  • Internet
  • News
  • Transition

• Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.

  

  Walter Jon Williams
  • History
  • Science
  • Poetry

• There's six of us, and they didn't treat any of us different. They loved us the same. They treated us all the same, and I just want to be like them when I grow up.

  

  J. R. Smith
  • Up
  • Different
  • Same

• A lot of the time, people think I'm really dumb or really uncomfortable talking to them, which is kind of a real thing.

  

  Nathan Fielder
  • People
  • Time
  • Real

• What we have as artists is the immortalization opportunity that others don't have, because our work is lasting; it's there forever to view.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Work
  • Opportunity
  • Forever

• My involvement with Guantanamo began as vice chief of staff.

  

  Jack Keane
  • Vice
  • Involvement
  • Began

• 'HIM' is much more of a British, coming-of-age series, while 'Stranger Things' is very obviously a sci-fi drama.

  

  Fionn Whitehead
  • Age
  • Things
  • Drama

• I'd much rather be liked because people realize that I'm standing up for myself.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • People
  • Up
  • Myself

• Only silence perfects silence.

  

  A. R. Ammons
  • Silence
  • Only

• We're all happier when we know less, because the details are frightening and haven't really improved much. The more you pay attention, the more horrifying the world is.

  

  Paolo Bacigalupi
  • World
  • Know
  • Attention

• Every woman should shave her head once in her life, to experience what it feels like.

  

  Bai Ling
  • Life
  • Experience
  • Woman

• Here's a thought: what if we ban the word 'healthy food' from our culinary vocabulary? I'm not talking about banning foods that are considered healthy. I'm talking about changing the way we think about food overall.

  

  Marcus Samuelsson
  • Food

• We are one nation and one people. Our fate as a nation and our future as a people rest not upon one citizen, but upon all citizens. This is the majesty and the meaning of this moment.

  

  Lyndon B. Johnson
  • People
  • Future
  • Rest

• But every fool describes, in these bright days, His wondrous journey to some foreign court, And spawns his quarto, and demands your praise,-- Death to his publisher, to him 'tis sport.

  

  Lord Byron
  • Sport
  • Publisher
  • Dearth

• Someone said that life is a party. You join in after it's started and leave before it's finished.

  

  Elsa Maxwell
  • Life
  • Party