Mary Astell Quotes
But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?
Quotes to Explore
-
I think it's more important than ever to be as vocal as I can be about things I believe in outside of music.
-
If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.
-
My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.
-
My father taught me photography. It was his hobby, and we had a small darkroom in the fruit cellar of our basement. It was the kind of makeshift darkroom that was only dark at night.
-
Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job.
-
I think I've slayed my long jump demons.
-
When I was a kid, of course I wanted to be the fastest, the loudest and the one with the biggest drum set, but obviously my aspirations have changed a bit since then.
-
It's always an inner wish of every actor to reach out to maximum audiences.
-
While they're building a solid foundation that will support whatever is coming down the road, Todd and I are itching to see further, to push the envelope.
-
Every new development, highway, railroad, steamship line, building operation, whether it be a drainage project in old Greece or a new water system in Peru, means an added use of the automobile.
-
When I was 14 years old, I was talking about much more mature things because of the writers that I had at the time. My first album was tied into what the culture was at that moment, which was Jodeci, Al B. Sure, Puff, The Hitmen. I reaped the benefits of being part of Bad Boy's movement. That was my introduction.
-
My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.
-
I like the work that I get to do.
-
You've got to change with the public's taste.
-
When you're a working actor and you're happy to be one, you can't focus all your energy on acting because you will go crazy. You have to focus as much energy as you can away from yourself.
-
Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of external power - every attempt to change the world or a person in order to make yourself feel valuable and safe - is a distraction from the pain of powerlessness.
-
People win Oscars, and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head. The moment I won the Oscar, I felt the teardown the very next day.
-
Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there's always a melody in there.
-
I'm very humble.
-
I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal.
-
I go home at the end of the day and I rarely talk about what I did that day. So my wife's experience is just like that of anybody else whose husband goes away to a blue collar job and comes home bruised and dirty and often proud of the work that they're doing.
-
A man attaches himself to woman -- not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
-
The good we get from art is not what we learn from it; it is what we become through it.
-
But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?
