Diogenes Quotes

The chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.

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• I'd love to be 'People Magazine''s Sexiest Man Alive, but I think that that's a ways off. I have to stop wearing sweat pants, and then we'll work on that.

  

  Zach Anner
  • People
  • Work
  • Man

• I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.'

  

  Daisy Donovan
  • Life
  • Good
  • Women

• If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.

  

  Natalie Goldberg
  • Writing
  • Energy
  • Hand

• Man is essentially a selfish creature. The differences in the degree with which this developed are infinite.

  

  Samuel Freeman Miller
  • Man
  • Differences
  • Selfish

• Tackling malaria in a country like the Central African Republic is a huge uphill battle, and my experiences there have been a healthy dose of reality, fueling my own sense of urgency to do my part in reducing the preventable suffering of the incredible women I met.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • Women
  • Country
  • Reality

• Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

  

  Ralph Richardson
  • Dream
  • Acting
  • Ability

• Well, you know, you're not going to have 86 percent of Congress voted out of office.

  

  Nate Silver
  • You
  • Know
  • Office

• We'll only be playing four new songs live, but all the material for the next album is basically finished.

  

  Daisy Berkowitz
  • Live
  • New
  • Four

• 'Miele' is a code name for a girl who has a double life.

  

  Valeria Golino
  • Life
  • Girl
  • Name

• We benefit tremendously from the E.U. Britain does very well in getting back E.U. money for the amount it puts in.

  

  Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
  • Money
  • Back
  • Well

• When I see old photos of me on the beach I don't look too bad... but it's hard trying to breathe in for such a long time when I spot the photographers!

  

  Gary Lineker
  • Time
  • Long
  • Trying

• If I am not above the law, nobody in this country can then claim to be above the law.

  Olusegun Obasanjo
  • Country
  • Law

• I know my Beijing medal has been a watershed moment in the history of Indian boxing, but personally speaking, I would like to better it in London.

  

  Vijender Singh
  • History
  • Moment
  • Boxing

• I'm now beginning to feel that the pessimistic vision is not for the movies.

  

  Karel Reisz
  • Beginning
  • Vision
  • Movies

• The world produces enough food for everyone. Why are one billion people going hungry?

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • People
  • World
  • Why

• New York for me is about work. If L.A. were to become a West Coast version of that, I'd shoot myself. The climate, the lifestyle - it really fits as the yin to my New York yang.

  

  Vera Wang
  • Work
  • Myself
  • New York

• Europe and European identity is rooted in Christianity.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • Identity
  • Europe
  • European

• I still care a lot about my personal style, and since moving to New York and having a little more control over my own money, I've been able to make my 12-year-old fashion nerd dream comes true.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • Money
  • True
  • Dream

• For us, we make a song, and if we like it, it goes on a record.

  

  Tyler Joseph Twenty One Pilots
  • Song

• In France everything is a matter for jest. People make quips about the scaffold, about Napoleon's defeat on the banks of The Beresina, and about the barricades of our revolutions. So, at the assizes of the Last Judgment, there will always be a Frenchmen to crack a joke.

  

  Honore de Balzac
  • Judgment
  • Joke
  • France

• If I simply refrain from making a judgment in cases where I do not perceive the truth with sufficient clarity and distinctness, then it is clear that I am behaving correctly and avoiding error.

  

  Rene Descartes
  • Truth
  • Judgment
  • Clear

• Dogs, to me, are like children. They are the closest thing to God. They are so pure in their love, and all they do is aim to please.

  

  Taraji P. Henson
  • God
  • Children

• The chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.

  

  Diogenes
  • Shadow
  • Judgment
  • Chief