Mary Astell Quotes
How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing.
Quotes to Explore
-
Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
-
I do focus my energy on music, but it's just the way that the industry works. I kind of have to take what I can get when it comes to acting and show up so they'll hire me. And music I get to do when I have time. It's not that I focus less, it's just the way it works.
-
If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
-
I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
-
We are not accepting that countries just get to sit back and let the United States meet threats that are going to roost in their worlds just as easily as they are in ours.
-
Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time.
-
One of the best teaching experiences Ed Schein and I had when we were teaching at MIT in the 1960s was inventing a course on leadership through film.
-
I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
-
When I fell for Johnny Galecki, we both knew immediately that we had this connection, and that was it.
-
I kind of crave loneliness.
-
On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.
-
In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
-
By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
-
The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
-
The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
-
You don't need a machine to make pasta: a rolling pin and a fast hand can create a smooth, if thick, sheet.
-
The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.
-
There is no better high than discovery.
-
Once you start doing a lot, you don't ever want to stop working. It feels weird if you're not doing something.
-
I'm often called obsessive, but I don't think I am any more than anyone else.
-
I have always wanted to make a film about my parents' generation, which tried every way to escape from the deadly shadow of war and finally settled down in Hong Kong in the '50s to build a home from nothing. Arguably, they are the first generation of Hong Kong people to turn this remote island into a modern city.
-
Winning a Grand Slam is not something I'll think about.
-
Marriage, like everything else in the world, is holy or unholy depending on the purpose the mind ascribes to it.
-
How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing.
