Plutarch Quotes

Even a nod from a person who is esteemed is of more force than a thousand arguments or studied sentences from others.

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• I know that there are going to be people that don't like my music, but I think in the industry itself it is always that, 'Oh. you're from the 'X Factor.' There have been certain radio stations that will not play your song because you are from the 'X Factor,' yet they'll play another song from an artist from another TV show.

  

  Olly Murs
  • People
  • Music
  • Song

• I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.

  

  Fatty Arbuckle
  • Children
  • Hands
  • Reward

• I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Think
  • Pretty
  • Romantic

• I would love to work on a Bond film.

  

  Daniel Cudmore
  • Work
  • Love
  • Bond

• I just always want to play people. I don't want it to be necessarily that you relate to the character as female or male, but that you relate to them as a person. That's the driving force.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • People
  • Character
  • Driving

• To get overprotective about particular readings of the Bible is always in danger of idolatry.

  

  N. T. Wright
  • Always
  • Bible
  • Danger

• I'm not going to raise the debt ceiling.

  

  Ted Yoho
  • Going
  • Debt
  • Ceiling

• When you are in business for a long time, you go through good times and bad times. When you go through bad times, you learn to control costs, satisfy customers better, satisfy employees better and become more transparent. Therefore, you build character in the company.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
  • Time
  • Good
  • Long

• If, when I leave this earth, I'm remembered for 'Fargo,' so be it. But I think old Marge Gunderson is gonna get a run for her money with Olive Kittredge.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Money
  • Think
  • Earth

• Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities.

  

  Tadao Ando
  • People
  • World
  • Beautiful

• I do support people eating more vegetables. It's a good thing to do.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • People
  • Good
  • Support

• Of Lord Chesterfield This man, I thought, had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords!

  

  Samuel Johnson

• A Frenchman must be always talking, whether he knows anything of the matter or not; an Englishman is content to say nothing, when he has nothing to say.

  

  Samuel Johnson

• Off to bed. If squirrels take over in the night, I, for one, welcome our new bushy-tailed scampering overlords, & I know where the nuts are.

  

  Neil Gaiman
  • Night

• I used to play flute and clarinet at school, and although I wasn't thinking about making a living or getting a pay cheque, I already knew I was going to play music all my life.

  

  Nile Rodgers Chic
  • Life
  • Music
  • Thinking

• Accessories are key - nothing beats a cool Panama hat or statement shades - look to Maison Michel or Miu Miu for inspiration.

  

  Poppy Delevingne
  • Inspiration
  • Key
  • Accessories

• My father basically had two ways of judging anything. Either something was poetic or it wasn't.

  

  Bernardo Bertolucci
  • Father
  • Judging

• I believe in status symbols.

  

  Brooks Stevens
  • Believe

• And come he slow, or come he fast,It is but Death who comes at last.

  

  Walter Scott
  • Death

• As a single woman, I reap the benefits of being Stifler's mom.

  

  Jennifer Coolidge
  • Single
  • Mom

• It's because somebody knows something about it that we can't talk about physics. It's the things that nobody knows anything about we can discuss.

  

  Richard Feynman
  • Knows
  • Physics

• I also learned that a person was not necessarily bad just because you did not agree with him, and that if you believed in something, you had better be prepared to defend it.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • Bad
  • Person
  • Defend

• As scientists you must keep your minds open. There is no use having blind faith in Me, in Sahaja Yoga, in anything because blindness will never give you reality. But you should be open like scientists are and whatever hypothesis I am putting before you, you have to feel it on your central nervous system.

  

  Nirmala Srivastava
  • Love
  • Reality
  • Wisdom

• Even a nod from a person who is esteemed is of more force than a thousand arguments or studied sentences from others.

  

  Plutarch