James Whistler Quotes

I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.

James Whistler

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• I just have to concentrate on doing what I do.

  

  Laura Linney
  • Doing
  • Just
  • Concentrate

• My message is: You don't have to give up being popular, fun, or fashionable in order to be smart; they can go hand and hand. Doing math is a great way to exercise your brain; being smart is going to make you more powerful in life.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Life
  • Up
  • Great

• In a lot of movies, you'll see people on crazy dates, and you're like, 'No one would ever do that!'

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • People
  • Crazy
  • Movies

• You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.

  

  Barry Jenkins
  • Why
  • You
  • Walk

• We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

  

  Quintilian
  • Difficulty
  • Sloth
  • Pretext

• Every time I write a book, I've probably taken five years off my life.

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • Life
  • Time
  • Book

• I saw an opportunity to use a restaurant to identify a lot of my issues and concerns with being an immigrant in America, and Asian in America, and a young person in America.

  

  Eddie Huang
  • America
  • Opportunity

• When you really need help, people will respond. Sincerity means dropping the image facade and showing a willingness to be vulnerable. Tell it the way it is, lumps and all. Don't worry if your presentation isn't perfect; ask from your heart. Keep it simple, and people will open up to you.

  

  Jack Canfield
  • People
  • Up
  • Heart

• I don't think on-demand brings anything extra to sports.

  

  Ted Sarandos
  • Think
  • Sports
  • Extra

• I think was able to do a lot of things here.

  

  Latrell Sprewell
  • Think
  • Things
  • Here

• 'I will not beg your forgiveness,' she said. Only her voice betrayed her fear; it was not its usual strong, clear tone. 'I did what I felt was right.''Of course you did,' I said. 'It was the wise thing to do.'

  

  N. K. Jemisin
  • She
  • Strong
  • Fear

• The dog looked up through its hairy yashmak and farted.

  

  Anthony Burgess
  • Up
  • Dog

• No man is liberated from fear who dare not see his place in the world as it is; no man can achieve the greatness of which he is capable until he has allowed himself to see his own littleness.

  

  Bertrand Russell
  • World
  • Fear
  • Greatness

• I was always the classroom clown, and the teachers allowed me a certain latitude. The assemblies were good, and the headmaster used to tell little stories; I loved the idea of communal storytelling.

  

  David Harewood
  • Good

• I've never been resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes, perhaps because although I couldn't sew, I could think.

  

  Jane Rule

• You've never seen anything until you've seen David Mamet be an Edwardian lady. He always conveys what he means, but he's so... masculine.

  

  Mary Steenburgen

• I started trying to be a writer and failed for years. I tried novels, short stories, sitcoms, movies, plays, anything. And then, to support myself, I had millions of jobs on the fringes of show business.

  

  Bruce Eric Kaplan
  • Trying
  • Business
  • Support

• I don't take any photographs. I travel a lot by myself, and I feel weird taking photos on my own.

  

  Jamie Bell
  • Travel
  • Weird

• I was never encouraged to do it and I played the accordion, which I hated. I wish I had taken piano because I definitely would have written more songs of my own, but I didn't.

  

  Connie Francis
  • Wish
  • Taken

• If I wasn’t in this band and I read some of these things, I’d think that I was a complete twat.

  

  Matt Bellamy Muse
  • Band
  • Read
  • Twat

• When I was in my teens, I thought, 'Would I like to try and work hard at being an actor, or do I want to work hard at doing something musical?' Acting won out, but I do really enjoy those moments where I get to just belt something out.

  

  Emilia Clarke
  • Work
  • Moments

• Telling a butler how to make good tea; Warm the pot first, please, then put two heaping teaspoonfuls in the pot no bags in boiling water, and when it's in, stir it. And when it comes here, I will stir it again.

  

  Lynn Fontanne
  • Good
  • Water
  • Tea

• Risk is inherent in the market, ... We all understand that and we thrive on that; what we don't tolerate is fraud.

  

  Eliot Spitzer
  • Risk
  • Market
  • Tolerate

• I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.

  

  James Whistler