Plutarch Quotes

Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, 'God forbid that it should ever befall me!'

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• Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Water
  • Nothing
  • Flexible

• The 'Agent X' set was never boring. During the first few days, I had to adjust to the loud noise on set, which included gun shots and explosions. After we finished filming the season, I realized I missed hearing all the noise and driving on empty freeways.

  

  Olga Fonda
  • Driving
  • Gun
  • Season

• You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.

  

  Randy Jackson Breakfast Club
  • Guy
  • Know
  • Kind

• I need instant gratification.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Need
  • Instant
  • Gratification

• The solution to women's issues can only be achieved in a free and democratic society in which human energy is liberated, the energy of both women and men together. Our civilization is called human civilization and is not attributed only to men or women.

  

  Tawakkol Karman
  • Men
  • Women
  • Together

• Consequences of linear thinking in Afghanistan and Iraq included overestimating indigenous forces' capabilities, underestimating the enemy, and the associated expectation that the coalition could soon reduce force levels and shift to an exclusively advisory effort.

  

  H. R. McMaster
  • Thinking
  • Effort
  • Enemy

• Church was a requirement - there was no choice in the matter; so was vacation bible school. Gospel has been in me since I was a kid.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • School
  • Church
  • Bible

• Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.

  

  Lana Turner
  • Right
  • Something
  • Wrong

• I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Myself
  • Religion
  • Thought

• I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.

  

  Ian Hart
  • American
  • Films
  • Attracted

• When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.

  

  Faith Hill
  • People
  • Children
  • Mom

• Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Man
  • Human
  • Demons

• I'd always wanted to do a Marvel project, and I'd always imagined getting to play one of the superheroes because it's such a hard thing to get. It's the parts that only go to a few people. The flip side of that is the antagonists are pretty awesome.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • People
  • Pretty
  • Play

• I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Work
  • Day
  • Research

• I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Up
  • Women
  • Mother

• That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects.

  

  Victoria Pratt
  • Up
  • Real
  • Action

• Married at 23, a mother at 24, and blindsided by divorce at 28, I found myself struggling, like many young women I meet today, to strike a balance between my personal life and my career.

  

  Gail Sheehy
  • Life
  • Women
  • Mother

• It's quite nice to have a bit more color on the lips during wintertime. And it's festive, isn't it?

  

  Lara Stone
  • Nice
  • Color
  • Lips

• Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

  

  Abbas Kiarostami
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Stop

• You may not be like everyone else, but that's okay. Be who God made you to be.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • God
  • May
  • Everyone

• The true work of God is all good, since it is existence.

  

  Maimonides
  • Good
  • Work
  • God

• Life from nonlife, like wine from water, has long been considered a miracle wrought by gods or God. Now it is seen to be the near-inevitable consequence of our thermal and chemical circumstances.

  

  Ursula Goodenough
  • Life
  • God
  • Long

• In the context of interfaith encounter, we need to bring to the surface how our actual beliefs shape what we do - not simply to agree that kindness is better than cruelty.

  

  Rowan Williams
  • God
  • Belief
  • Kindness

• Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, 'God forbid that it should ever befall me!'

  

  Plutarch
  • God