Democritus Quotes

A sensible man takes pleasure in what he has instead of pining for what he has not.

Democritus

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• Everybody has this sack they're carrying. Some are heavier. Some are lighter. But no one doesn't have it. And if you think someone doesn't have it, they have a bigger one than you imagine.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • Think
  • You
  • Someone

• I had a job as a paralegal. I drove a cab.

  

  Larry David
  • Job
  • Drove
  • Cab

• I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they're people in positions of power who can help people get in those roles and really, truly embrace colorblind casting.

  

  Gabrielle Union
  • People
  • Time
  • World

• When I was a kid... I needed to belong.

  

  Wally Lamb
  • Kid
  • Needed
  • Belong

• I am extraordinarily fascinated by the future of technology. We are in the early infancy of technology, and we have an opportunity to guide how technology develops and integrates into our lives. I talk a lot about the 'invisible interface,' or the idea that we can utilize technology without being absorbed into a screen.

  

  Yves Behar
  • Future
  • Opportunity
  • Technology

• We are in an industry where, unfortunately, there is very limited scope for female-oriented roles. If we don't have options, how can we pick and choose roles?

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • Choose
  • Industry
  • Where

• Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Truth
  • Man
  • Tell

• I'm an internet junkie. There, I said it. That's the first step, right? I also have a thing for making lists. Oh man, nothing beats turning to a fresh, clean page in a notebook, taking out a nice pen, and starting a list. There's so much potential there. So much to do, so little time! So hey, why not spend some of that time making a list.

  

  Adam Christopher
  • Time
  • Why
  • Man

• If I'd had the choice when I was 14, and someone had said to me, 'You can either be a footballer or an actor,' I'd have said: 'Well, can't I be a footballing actor?'

  

  Ian McShane
  • Actor
  • Choice
  • Footballer

• Perl was designed to work more like a natural language. It's a little more complicated but there are more shortcuts, and once you learned the language, it's more expressive.

  

  Larry Wall
  • Work
  • You
  • Language

• I was told it might be quite difficult to conceive, so it really was a great blessing when my pregnancy suddenly happened. I had been diagnosed years ago with polycystic ovarian syndrome, which can affect your fertility - but luckily, in my case, it didn't.

  

  Natasha Little
  • Great
  • Difficult
  • Blessing

• The chef that grew up with the grandma who cooks tends to always beat the chef that went to the culinary institute. It's in the blood.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • Up
  • Always
  • Blood

• Certainly toward the end of the season, you and I could be in a ballpark and they might say the crowd is 30,000, and we could look around and see that there was no more than 10,000.

  

  Fay Vincent
  • End
  • Look
  • Season

• I can't control what's going to happen in the future. I can't control what's going to happen in five hours. So I'm not really worried about it. I'm just focused on doing what I can at this moment.

  

  Sam Bradford
  • Future
  • Control
  • Moment

• The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context.

  

  Carl Bernstein
  • Business
  • Today
  • Quality

• I like the company of men. I've never been welcome in those groups, but then I would no more go to a consciousness-raising group and talk about my intimate life with my husband than fly to the moon. I never understood all that.

  

  Nancy Friday
  • Life
  • Men
  • Husband

• If I told you about a land of love, friend, would you follow me and come?

  

  Yunus Emre
  • Friend
  • Land
  • Come

• It's not surprising. At the same time, it's not that usual. It's somewhere between usual and surprising.

  

  Ichiro Suzuki
  • Time

• The difference between slaves in Roman and Ottoman days and today’s employees is that slaves did not need to flatter their boss.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Today
  • Boss

• People find themselves in ruts all the time. You're in a complacent lifestyle where you work 9 to 5 and then you add a mortgage and kids. You feel trapped, but guess what, brother? You constructed that life. If you're OK with it, there's nothing wrong with that. But if you've got unease, then you've got to make a change.

  

  Jeremy Renner
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• My dad was in the Navy, and I was raised with a strong commitment to service.

  

  David Robinson The Cars
  • Strong
  • Dad
  • Service

• I don't think that having a family changes the way we tour as much as it just changes the personal perspective on wanting to get finished with the tour, or the reason you've got to go out and bring home the bacon, that kind of stuff.

  

  Zac Hanson Hanson
  • Thinking
  • Family
  • Home

• No matter how stark the reality, a human being fits it into a narrative that is palatable.

  

  Joshua Prager
  • Reality
  • Being
  • Narrative

• A sensible man takes pleasure in what he has instead of pining for what he has not.

  

  Democritus