H. L. Mencken Quotes
A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them.
Quotes to Explore
-
What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
-
I voted for Barack Obama.
-
If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don't stop, don't put it down.
-
We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
-
Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
-
I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
-
I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
-
It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
-
I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
-
I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.
-
I'm a mom, and my view of public education begins and ends with the fundamental question: Is this good for children?
-
Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
-
I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
-
Your connections to all the things around you literally define who you are.
-
It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
-
With my parents, when I was younger, I always had to do two things. If I was acting, I always had to do a sport or something on the arts side of things along with that. That way, if one fell apart, I always had something else to fall back on.
-
The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
-
My weaknesses are my jumps. The reason is that although I land them in practice, when I actually compete or perform, I should let my body go and stabilize my mind better. Also, I need to work on not letting negative thoughts and emotions get to me on the ice.
-
There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
-
It gets to whether we're a teacher-education model or a movement for social justice. I would say we're about the latter.
-
I love to act, but business is more interesting because it's more competitive and involves more people. There's more 'now' mentality and energy. Intellectually, it's a lot more interesting.
-
I'm in love with Ariana Grande - she's got a very curious personality; I hear she loves Freddy Krueger, and I love Freddy Krueger, which makes me feel like we'd be perfect for each other.
-
The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.
-
A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them.
