Persius Quotes

We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays.

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• Snobbery just inhibits you.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
  • You
  • Just
  • Snobbery

• People love teen movies because everyone can relate.

  

  Zoe Kravitz
  • People
  • Movies
  • Teen

• Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.

  

  Wallace Stevens
  • Mother
  • Death
  • Alone

• Touring helped me understand where I needed to be better in my music.

  

  Vince Staples
  • Music
  • Me
  • Better

• I would much rather be a better mother or better human being than I would be a singer. Fortunately for me singing makes me a living.

  

  Tanya Tucker
  • Mother
  • Me
  • Singing

• You don't need to spend a lot of money on stuff when you have amazing architecture.

  

  Nate Berkus
  • Money
  • Amazing
  • Architecture

• I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life.

  

  Zinedine Zidane
  • Life
  • Football
  • Lucky

• My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.

  

  Barry Humphries
  • Parents
  • Army
  • Very

• Sometimes I just get over-excited. I see the pitch and I think, 'I have to get this wicket.' When I am just looking to bowl, I am calm and composed, and most of the time I get it right. The ball lands where I want it to.

  

  Harbhajan Singh
  • Time
  • Right
  • Wicket

• Tony Blair is a war criminal, and I think he should be tried as a war criminal. Then I see Bono and him as pals, and I'm going, 'I don't like that.' Do I think George Bush is a war criminal? Probably - but the difference between him and Tony Blair is that Blair is intelligent. So, he has no excuse.

  

  Larry Mullen, Jr. U2
  • War
  • Think
  • Intelligent

• Growing up in South London, we went to a school where there were not that many Jewish kids. I love being Jewish in L.A.; it feels really normal. The culture seems to be integrated into Hollywood. Everyone uses Yiddish words like 'schlep' and 'schmooze.' That's what I love about New York, too.

  

  Hannah Ware
  • School
  • Kids
  • Culture

• I've accompanied several dying people on their travels, and the desert seems to be a favored destination. It is very hot and dry and lyrical in its own way.

  

  Edmund White
  • People
  • Dying
  • Desert

• I know enough of the family life of officers. I scarcely know my own children or they me.

  

  Zachary Taylor
  • Life
  • Children
  • Family

• I'm very inspired by past music.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • Music
  • Past
  • Inspired

• Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • Success
  • Matter
  • Discipline

• The time has come to move beyond eco-elitism to eco-populism.

  

  Van Jones
  • Time

• The news team, and Hamin, seemed well pleased. 'You should have been an actor, Jernau Gurgeh,' Hamin told him. Gurgeh assumed this was intended as a compliment.

  

  Iain Banks
  • Team

• Me es más fácil ver todas las cosas como una cosa sola, que ver una cosa como una cosa sola.

  

  Antonio Porchia

• People who exploit others come to spend an enormous amount of energy wondering about and justifying that exploitation.

  

  Mary Beard
  • People
  • Energy

• I think we lost a great deal of sympathy and support with the way in which the crisis was handled, most importantly I think when we appeared to be grasping for too much at one time instead of identifying our priorities in a much more responsible fashion.

  

  Billy Tauzin
  • Time
  • Great
  • Support

• I write about all manner of things: a guy fighting aliens in the New York State Library, Antarctica, Inca civilization in Peru, the Great Pyramid at Giza, and people often ask me, where do I get these ideas from? They come from reading widely, watching a lot of documentaries, and increasingly ,as I was able to, travelling around the world.

  

  Matthew Reilly
  • People
  • World
  • Great

• Every man has a right to be equal with every other man.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Man
  • Right
  • Equal

• These are challenging times at home and around the world. We will have to work together in a bipartisan spirit and with our international partners if we are going to achieve progress and peace now and for future generations.

  

  Susan Collins
  • Progress
  • Generations
  • Partners

• We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays.

  

  Persius