H. L. Mencken Quotes
Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he has left his last one.
Quotes to Explore
-
If you make a film too American, it won't travel. It will have no life outside of its own country.
-
I have played Blair Cramer for 20 years, I feel a personal investment in the success of 'One Life to Live.' I love the show, I'm a fan of the characters, and I have invested in the journey these fictional characters have traveled.
-
I read the Steve Jobs book, and that kind of changed everything. I've been, like, an Apple geek my whole life and have always seen him as a hero. But reading the book, and learning about how he built the company, and maintaining that corporate culture and all that, I think that influenced me a lot.
-
I'm so happy to be in a committed relationship.
-
Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.
-
I know I am extraordinarily lucky to be doing what I am doing. I have worked hard along the way and I have been blessed too. I have had a great life.
-
Laughing and crying are very similar. They're an extreme response to life. You see it in children who start laughing hysterically.
-
Eliza Factor's first novel, 'The Mercury Fountain,' explores what happens when a life driven by ideology confronts implacable truths of science and human nature. It also shows how leaders can inflict damage by neglecting the real needs of real people.
-
Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible.
-
Have an earnestness for death and you will have life.
-
I don't know what you guys say, but at home, life is way different from baseball.
-
I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
-
No one can be an artist without a rich inner life.
-
Life would be very dreary if there were no magic. If the real world were only that veil of tears, I just don't think could get up in the morning.
-
I always say I don't want to change anything in my life.
-
Nothing changes and very little happens in Paris. This is a great place to work without distraction - and then I run away to New York, where I have a life!
-
Each one of us has our own evolution of life, and each one of us goes through different tests which are unique and challenging. But certain things are common. And we do learn things from each other's experience. On a spiritual journey, we all have the same destination.
-
It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.
-
I always had a kind of Myth of Cincinnatus idea about politics - that public service was something you do for a while in between stints at real life. And when your time is up, you return to the plow, which is hopefully still somewhere close to where you left it.
-
More or less the first thing that comes into my head is that some people are always looking for what they want to do in life and never finding it. I'm not one of those people. It has been very obvious to me from an early age who I am, and this has been tied up with creativity, and, specifically, with writing.
-
I think the response I get to one 'New Yorker' cover outweighs five books that I publish.
-
I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn't know it at the time, but what really came out of my Scouting was learning how to lead and serve the community. It has come in handy in my career in government.
-
We must invest in infrastructure development and rebuilding communities to create jobs.
-
Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he has left his last one.
