Diogenes Quotes

He has the most who is most content with the least.

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• I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.

  

  Sam Kinison
  • People
  • Want
  • Myself

• Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.

  

  Lars Ulrich Metallica
  • Music
  • Always
  • Hearts

• I will count to 10 before tweeting.

  

  Valerie Trierweiler
  • Will
  • Before
  • Count

• Twitter has been a godsend for travelling.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • Been
  • Twitter
  • Travelling

• People like me sound like a lot of big cannons.

  

  Mao Zedong
  • People
  • Me
  • Sound

• Your goal as a candidate - define others before they can define you.

  

  Dana Perino
  • You
  • Goal
  • Others

• I am essentially someone who comes from the theatre. I love the theatre. Unfortunately, theatre doesn't pay the bills. Only in theatre abroad, I get a wage.

  

  Kabir Bedi
  • Love
  • Theatre
  • Bills

• I thought they know that I was the Commander in Chief, not that I know that I am the Commander in Chief, and they should behave; know how to behave to the Commander in Chief.

  

  Kamisese Mara
  • Chief
  • Behave
  • Commander

• It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • God
  • True
  • Man

• I used to be kind of bitter and jealous as well, but I get it. It's business.

  

  Carlos Alazraqui
  • Business
  • Bitter
  • Jealous

• Certainly nobody under 21 should have an AR-15.

  

  Pat Roberts

• Truth is a golden thread, seen here and thereIn small bright specks upon the visible sideOf our strange being’s party-coloured web.

  

  Arthur Hugh Clough
  • Truth
  • Small
  • Party

• In talking about memory and our history, I think our humanity, especially in China, is cut. Cut, broken, separated. If we have a character from our history and memory, the character is broken, it’s shattered.

  

  Ai Weiwei
  • Character
  • History
  • Humanity

• Growing up, I listened and was influenced by a lot of those around me. I have a big family, and my dad listened to '80s music, my mom listened to Motown, my brother listened to reggae, and my granddad was the one that got me into jazz and swing music.

  

  Ella Henderson
  • Up
  • Music
  • Family

• Yeah, two or three weeks ago I was fairly snappy. I've never been injured before and this year it feels like I've hardly played.

  

  Lee Westwood

• We were always a middle-class family who took pride in our little set-up.

  

  Ali Fazal
  • Up
  • Family
  • Pride

• I mix all different oils - my bathroom at home is littered with oils; I'm really into natural beauty and natural healing. Peppermint is really good if you put it on your stomach for a tummy ache; lavender is kind of all-purpose - I think everyone should carry it.

  

  Liz Goldwyn
  • Good
  • Different
  • Home

• I like sitting close to windows.

  

  Parker Posey
  • Like
  • Sitting
  • Windows

• I was dreading all of the ghost stories of working on American television, not in the least, the length. In Britain, a series is six episodes of an hour drama, maybe sometimes eight, but never twenty-two, so I was petrified of that.

  

  Lennie James
  • American
  • Drama

• Politics in Philadelphia is a contact sport.

  

  Michael Nutter
  • Sports
  • Contact
  • Philadelphia

• I cannot step into any day without help. I have a fantastically engaged husband who is very present for his children and our family life. We've got a brilliant nanny, other help from parents-in-law, godparents, friends. Also, I've had incredible women around me in the business.

  

  Tamsin Greig
  • Life
  • Women
  • Children

• He has the most who is most content with the least.

  

  Diogenes