Mary Astell Quotes
None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue.
Quotes to Explore
-
People said, 'How could you walk away from music?' But being a dad - there's nothing that can touch that.
-
The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
-
You know who we hear about all the rappers from? The bus drivers.
-
When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No one saw what I endured... At the moment of my entrance into this new state I felt a joy so great that it has never failed me even to this day; and God converted the dryness of my soul into a very great tenderness.
-
'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.
-
A chicken grows up in a little less time than an ostrich. An ostrich takes a whole year. A chicken takes a few months.
-
I love the fact that everyone's trying to be good-looking in L.A. - then I turn up and I get work.
-
Any pitcher who might throw at me should know I'm not giving up my day job or trying to get anyone else's job. I just can't think of anything cooler than being one of the boys of summer!
-
I saw 'The Artist.' It's really beautiful and it's all done to the letter with all the silent film techniques. The costumes were amazing and the dog is so good.
-
Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?
-
I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
-
Like, I'll wear a bright sweater with pants that are a more classic color.
-
Cue actor platitude, but I've been very fortunate and worked pretty consistently and have felt rather annoyingly grateful that I got to do what I got to do.
-
I was supremely fortunate to do several projects that I'm really excited about. So within all that, there's a lot going on this year. I'm excited about 2016.
-
The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.
-
I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people wanted to see singing, and dancing and comedy in the morning.
-
Negroes are in no mood to shoulder guns for democracy abroad while they are denied democracy here at home.
-
Whoever is for higher taxes, feel free to pay higher taxes.
-
It is a better thing to save souls for the Lord than to save treasures. He who sent forth his apostles without gold had not need of gold to form his Church. The Church possesses gold, not to hoard, but to scatter abroad and come to the aid of the unfortunate.
-
I feel privileged and honored to have flown. It's been a tremendous ride, looking back on the legacy and accomplishments, like the Hubble telescope and the launching of the International Space Station in 1998.
-
An easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort of life.
-
I'd really rather that nobody had a gun, and then nobody would have to worry about it. That would be more my theory. In America, there's this knee-jerk response that more walls and more guns make people safer, and I'm entirely suspect of that way of thinking.
-
Thank God, 50 years ago I learned that our entire business is all based on two things; a great song and a great story. Film, television, if you don't have that story, nothing else matters. You don't call anybody else or direct anybody. The same with a song. A great song can make the worst singer in the world a star.
-
None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue.
