Jan Morris Quotes

Its smallness is not petty; on the contrary, it is profound.

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• I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.

  

  Walter Martin
  • Context
  • Biblical
  • Prophet

• Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience.

  

  Tea Obreht
  • Time
  • Age
  • Taken

• I'm not a fan of soccer, for sure not.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • Soccer
  • Fan
  • Sure

• When I was younger, I thought about retiring.

  

  Tanya Tucker
  • Thought
  • Younger
  • Retiring

• What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.

  

  Earl Nightingale
  • Going
  • Inside
  • Outside

• Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Great
  • God
  • Fear

• There are a lot of competitive girls in the industry, so you just find the ones who share your mentality.

  

  Barbara Palvin
  • You
  • Find
  • Just

• I think ballet has influenced my personality a lot in the sense that I am very disciplined in all of my endeavours. I am always on time; I take things very seriously. I've built up my inner strength and self-esteem over time as I've improved as a dancer.

  

  Yuan Yuan Tan
  • Up
  • Time
  • Personality

• I'm quite British; I've got big, flat feet, and I can't wear heels. I've got very, very pale Celtic skin, so my legs are always a frightening blue color. So when you take out clothes that reveal your legs, shoes that have any kind of heel, no shop will actually take my money.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • Money
  • Color
  • Shoes

• We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • People
  • Men
  • Constitution

• I guess I've dated smart guys, I've dated dumb guys, hot guys.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Smart
  • Dumb
  • Hot

• The amygdala plays a crucial role in processing fear, and minus her two amygdalae, S.M. became unflappable. Studies of her are actually a hoot to read, since they basically consist of scientists concocting ever-more-elaborate ways of trying to scare her.

  

  Sam Kean
  • Fear
  • Role
  • Plays

• Do I think Vince McMahon was looking at my matches in Japan going, 'We need him?' No. He wasn't. He's too busy. There's no way. But somebody may have been looking and going, 'All right, I like this guy. Let's give him a shot.'

  

  A.J. Styles
  • May
  • Think
  • Guy

• Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed for O.J.'s acquittal.

  

  F. Lee Bailey
  • People
  • America
  • Realize

• In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

  

  J. William Fulbright
  • Faith
  • Democracy
  • Politics

• History develops, art stands still.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Art
  • History
  • Still

• All artists are equal when they are themselves.

  

  Federico Fellini
  • Artists
  • Equal
  • Themselves

• I don't believe in a price on carbon, because the government is going to control it and they're going to fail.

  

  T. Boone Pickens
  • Believe
  • Control
  • Government

• My work sells for £10,000-plus, but my most lucrative piece was a private project that was sold for more than six figures -dollars, that is. The process of the Lego can take weeks, months, or even days. Each one I deliver to specification to each gallery because they want them brought to them fully formed.

  

  Nathan Sawaya
  • Work
  • Want
  • Process

• I didn't expect all that. I'm proud of myself.

  

  Felix Hernandez
  • Proud
  • Myself
  • Expect

• Matt Weiner is very perceptive; there's something about the rhythms and the way people speak that is very authentic to the actor. But there are qualities that are dissimilar. The characters on 'Mad Men' are struggling with pretty profound unhappiness, but I can tell you this is a happy bunch.

  

  Aaron Staton
  • People
  • Men
  • Happy

• My father served in Vietnam - the respect I have for the Navy is profound.

  

  Eric Dane
  • Father
  • Respect
  • Profound

• The Pope talks so much shit. The Pope was castigating the media for making gays look normal. YEAH, you're a real GOOD judge of normal, with your gold dress and your matching gold hat, living it up in the Vatican with 500 men surrounded by the finest antiques in the world! Queen, please! You live like Versace did!

  

  Margaret Cho
  • Up
  • World
  • Good

• Its smallness is not petty; on the contrary, it is profound.

  

  Jan Morris
  • Profound
  • Petty