Epictetus Quotes
The materials are indifferent, but the use we make of them is not a matter of indifference.
Quotes to Explore
-
I suffer from an amazing amount of insecurities, and I'm grateful that my body image, it's normally not something I pay attention to.
-
The cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die.
-
I never wrote my books especially for children.
-
I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but I guess it was something I had to go through. I never went overboard so much that I really hurt myself, but my early teenage years were very tough.
-
Suggesting a married Jesus is one thing, but questioning the Resurrection undermines the very heart of Christian belief.
-
The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
-
The Supreme Court, in 2005, emphasized and contrasted the great power of Congress under the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce versus much more limited federal power under the discarded Articles of Confederation.
-
Over the years, with all the experience, I've become more mature about the subjects I pick. I have a better understanding of what works at the box office. Once the story is finalised, I surrender to the director and follow him. After that, my performances speak for themselves.
-
Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficient.
-
It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably.
-
My song 'Play It Again' is a perfect example of my music because the verses go so hard, and they're so urban; and then this pop hook comes out of nowhere and socks you in the face and makes you want to dance.
-
Love is a positive, symbiotic, reciprocal flow between two or more entities.
-
I have a knack for choosing the wrong people.
-
I would like to be where Diana Rigg or Judi Dench is, but I expect it is as good as it is going to get.
-
I've heard that we come on earth in pairs, get separated only to meet once again through marriage. So whoever is there on this earth for me will eventually get paired with me. Till then, I'll enjoy my singlehood.
-
Belly was not a bad movie. It was visually very interesting.
-
I think any song should sound good just played on a solitary instrument with the vocal. If you have those basics you have all you need. The production then just polishes that idea into the finished thing.
-
The series of photographic operations, developing, washing, final drying, takes about quarter of an hour.
-
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said that New Orleans, when rebuilt, will be a chocolate city. And he will be the delicious nut in the center.
-
I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little I gained more experience in filming.
-
When great teams meet, there is never a problem with concentration.
-
Consciousness is not mind; it is the ground of all being, the ground of both matter and mind. Matter and mind are both possibilities of consciousness.
-
The materials are indifferent, but the use we make of them is not a matter of indifference.
