Boethius Quotes

Adeo nihil est miserum nisi cum putes, contraque beata sors omnis est aequanimitate tolerantis.

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• I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Long
  • Mind
  • Streets

• I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current context.

  

  Ted Stevens
  • Intelligence
  • Reform
  • Context

• I do not make any apologies for my manner or personality. I come from a long line of very strong, black African-American women who neither bend nor bow. I haven't had very good modeling in submission.

  

  Faye Wattleton
  • Good
  • Long
  • Women

• Education should be totally secular. I am not telling people not to believe in God, but it should be a personal matter which should be done at home.

  

  Nawal El Saadawi
  • People
  • God
  • Believe

• I'm a model, but I love to eat.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • Love
  • Model
  • Eat

• My personal life is lived as 'me,' but my professional life is lived as other people. In other words, when I go to the office, I lie down, dream, and become 'someone else.' That's my job.

  

  Wallace Shawn
  • People
  • Life
  • Job

• The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.

  

  Edith Wharton
  • Doing
  • Worst
  • Duty

• A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
  • Soul
  • Prayer
  • Either

• Likewise, education can direct people toward good or evil ends. When education is based on a fundamentally distorted worldview, the results are horrific.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • People
  • Good
  • Education

• In fact, we have a choice of freedom of heart to follow God.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • God
  • Heart
  • Freedom

• You have to teach children about money intentionally - create teachable moments.

  

  Dave Ramsey
  • Children
  • Money
  • Moments

• If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.'

  

  Lydia Lunch
  • Literature

• Other acting opportunities had come along, but nothing that was tantalizing enough to me to step away from what I found most interesting.

  

  Fred Savage
  • Interesting

• I don't like the negative of reality tv - the 'you're no good, so you have to leave, I choose you, but I thought you really loved me.' It's all about how bad people are and I just hate that. I like Pimp my Ride where someone is helping somebody.

  

  Bob Saget
  • People
  • Good
  • Bad

• We're in a post-conceptual era where it's really the artist's idea and vision that are prized rather than the ability to master the crafts that support the work. Today, our understanding of an artist is closer to a philosopher than to a craftsman.

  

  Jeffrey Deitch
  • Work
  • Today
  • Support

• I can cook a little bit. I can cook a few Spanish dishes. But, in movies, it looks like I cook much better than I cook.

  

  Penelope Cruz
  • Spanish

• My father-in-law is so sensitive. Sometimes I think he displays too much love for my children.

  

  Columba Bush
  • Children
  • Father
  • Law

• It is in all our interests that the arteries of global trade are kept free, open and running.

  

  Philip Hammond
  • Free
  • Running

• The term 'alpha female' originated in my field of animal behavior, but has acquired new meaning. It refers to women who are in charge, for example, by flirting and dating on their own terms. It is also used maliciously for a loud-mouthed, controlling woman who has no patience with deviating opinions.

  

  Frans de Waal
  • Women
  • Animal
  • Patience

• When we come to that compassionate awareness that is not afraid of the fear, that can embrace the fear, we are able to heal the wounds of the child and the adult and begin to live the lives we've always wanted to live.

  

  Cheri Huber
  • Live
  • Fear
  • Child

• I'm not going to go to the local theater to spend $12... when I can get a screening copy of a film. I don't get screeners myself, but I can borrow from my friends or go to their house to watch.

  

  Andre Leon Talley
  • Friends
  • House

• In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss.

  

  Joni Mitchell
  • Music
  • Born
  • Tragedy

• I'm a huge fan of a Hillary Clinton candidacy. I think Hillary will be an incredibly strong candidate, and hopefully it will inspire my party to put up someone great.

  

  Nicolle Wallace
  • Inspire
  • Fan
  • Candidate

• Adeo nihil est miserum nisi cum putes, contraque beata sors omnis est aequanimitate tolerantis.

  

  Boethius