Epictetus Quotes
No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
Quotes to Explore
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I would love to be a singer if I had the talent for it. I'd love to be a graphic designer if I had the talent for it. Those are things I've always just admired - the work of other artists.
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If there's an opportunity for me to compete at something, I'm there.
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We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.
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I always saw myself as a large stockholder trying to make a difference. I wasn't raiding anybody.
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Whenever you show up on a set where you haven't been from the beginning - at least myself - I'm kind of quiet. I just watch the politics and how everything unfolds.
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The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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I would like to one day play a man. That is something I do know. I don't know what kind of man. I don't know if that would ever happen or not. It would be the ultimate challenge.
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I've fallen over on stage a couple of times, but I've only ever bruised my ego.
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It's funny, I used to say on 'That 70's Show', you could really put us in any decade, and it was about the people and the characters and that we cared about each other.
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Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation.
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Going out and looking for managers is like going out and looking for rattlesnakes.
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Bald is the new black!
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While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.
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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
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It's really important to me not to be a snob about age division or about genre or whatever. The story needs to be what the story needs to be.
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I'm not a great reader of historical fiction; it's not my favourite genre.
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I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.
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Have I personally ever seen a ghost? Not one.
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Privacy is a vast subject. Also, remember that privacy and convenience is always a trade-off. When you open a bank account and want to borrow some money, and you want to get a very cheap loan, you'll share all details of your assets because you want them to give you a low interest rate.
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I've got tons more stuff to do.
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We must show charity towards the sick, who are in greater need of help. Let us take them some small gift if they are poor, or, at least let us go and wait on them and comfort them.
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The stage is a place where I can be wholly myself. Even though you're in front of people almost to be judged, it is a place without judgement.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
