Demosthenes Quotes
Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, "How well he spoke" but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, "Let us march.
Quotes to Explore
-
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
-
On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.
-
There's all sorts of stuff people want to publish anonymously.
-
I don't care much about hardware. Nintendo games are some of the best games in the world, and from a more graphical standpoint, the Wii can't do what a PS3 or 360 can do.
-
If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
-
I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.
-
People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.
-
Sometimes I'm happy - you can tell via Twitter. Sometimes I'm pissed off - you can tell via Twitter. I just think, at the end of the day, I don't want them to see me as a celebrity; I just want them to see me and say, 'He's like a regular person at his job right now who's mad.'
-
In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good to watch it just to see how it turns out - it can be so different than how you imagined it. But sometimes it's better to just let it go for your own sense of self worth.
-
To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
-
Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
-
If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
-
Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
-
No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
-
Early impressions are like glimpses seen through the window by night when lightning is about.
-
Animal vision - including human vision - is so biased toward movement that we don't technically see stationary objects at all.
-
When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
-
I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
-
I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
-
By packaging a full album into a bundle of music with ringtones, videos and other combinations and variations, we found products that consumers demonstrably valued and were willing to purchase at premium prices. And guess what? We've sold tons of them.
-
I would've been intrigued by being a film director. I would've been intrigued by politics. I thought about architecture.
-
People close to me called me 'Curry in a Hurry.' I was moving through life at 100 miles an hour trying to further my career and be a great mom and make everyone happy.
-
Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, "How well he spoke" but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, "Let us march.
