Plato Quotes
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Quotes to Explore
-
Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
-
It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.
-
For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
-
I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.
-
I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
-
Political work is the life-blood of all economic work.
-
People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
-
I've always been taught that hard work doesn't fail.
-
I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
-
I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.
-
I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
-
At Nike, designers both created and communicated the brand, transforming a company that made shoes into a purveyor of athletic heroism.
-
Help is dangerous because it exists outside the human economy: the only payment for help is gratitude.
-
I really don't know the secret to it, but I'd like to think my desirability is a combination of my personality, my image, and, most importantly, the kind of films I do.
-
Even as a kid, I was a businessman. I figured out that if you plucked all the berries off my neighbor's tree and smashed them up, they made a Nickelodeon Gak-type consistency. I sold them to all the neighborhood kids and made stacks of quarters. Of course, the berries were poisonous, and I got in all types of trouble.
-
Healthcare is a very complicated business and you need a very different business model to be successful in India; yet at a global level, there are a lot of challenges and opportunities.
-
I feel enough distance from the person I used to be. I'm not ashamed about my life anymore, because I've learnt from it.
-
Growing up in Dumfries, I got no sun - I spent all my time in my room making records. When I came to America, it made me recognise the benefits of sunlight. Oh, and I also got a good haircut. I used to have a terrible haircut.
-
The power of a label and radio and a booking agency and all that - you never know until you experience it the first time, but being able to have a song on radio, but then go play a show for people that have heard the song on radio, and having it sung back to you, is - I don't know how to describe it.
-
In my judgment, the president should reject Keystone and step up natural gas exports.
-
I finally learned that doing what I want isn't love. I don't want to hurt him again by acting childish.
-
In Stage I, divorces were not allowed, so men's sexual affairs did not put women's economic security in jeopardy; in Stage II, affairs could lead to divorce, so men's affairs did place women's economic security in jeopardy. We did not want political leaders who would be role models for behavior that would put women's economic security in jeopardy.
-
There is an inward state of the heart which makes truth credible the moment it is stated. It is credible to some men because of what they are. Love is credible to a loving heart; purity is credible to a pure mind; life is credible to a spirit in which life beats strongly - it is incredible to other men.
-
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
