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

• Helping women achieve higher pay is a core goal of this book.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Women
  • Book

• 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 have always had a mystical attitude toward inspiration. That's my nature.

  

  Madison Smartt Bell
  • Nature
  • Attitude
  • Inspiration

• I'm an old dog; I don't get too excited. I don't get caught up in all the mass hysteria.

  

  Tim Howard
  • Hysteria
  • Caught Up
  • Get Exited

• My mom was a huge Adam and the Ants fan. My granddad listened to a lot of Motown and Elvis and Johnny Cash. So I was kind of well-rounded.

  

  Hayley Williams Paramore
  • Mom

• Forty percent of my portfolio is in the U.S. In the rest of the world, most of the places I invest in or invested in are Brazil, Russia, Germany with a little bit of Turkey, China, India, France and Israel sprinkled in there.

  

  Fabrice Grinda
  • World
  • Rest
  • France

• More time than not, athletes, specifically fighters, have a 15 or 20-year career, and unfortunately, we end up right where we started when it's over. All we have is maybe a round of applause when we walk in a room - Hey, there's the champ! That's great; I want that, but I've got to have something tangible to show for it, too.

  

  Andre Ward
  • Up
  • Time
  • Great

• 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