Mattie Stepanek Quotes

I want to be remembered as a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played.

Mattie Stepanek

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• There is no 'natural' order, only the way things are.

  

  Hanna Rosin
  • Way
  • Natural
  • Order

• The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.

  

  Gabriel Marcel
  • Life
  • Man
  • Wise

• We seek for truth in ourselves; in our neighbours, and in its essential nature. We find it first in ourselves by severe self scrutiny, then in our neighbours by compassionate indulgence, and, finally, in its essential nature by that direct vision which belongs to the pure in heart.

  

  Saint Bernard
  • Heart
  • Truth
  • Nature

• I just love playing in major championships.

  

  Inbee Park
  • Playing
  • Major
  • Championships

• There's show and there's business. Business is a whole other beat.

  

  Omar Epps
  • Business
  • Show
  • Beat

• Let's be cautious about dreaming up extreme scenarios. The situation in Iraq is still salvageable.

  

  Rand Beers
  • Up
  • Situation
  • Dreaming

• I have goals and ambitions, and I see myself as a lifelong baseball student. I have certain philosophies that I'd like to test at some point at the big league level. The job of manager appeals to me, a coach appeals to me, at a different time frame.

  

  Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • Time
  • Different
  • Job

• No one plans to get sick or hurt - I certainly didn't - but most people will need medical care at some point in their lives.

  

  Magic Johnson
  • People
  • Hurt
  • Sick

• I don't really get recognised very much.

  

  Laura Carmichael
  • Very
  • Much
  • Recognised

• I tried to play sports, which was a disaster and probably one of the reasons I ended up being an actress.

  

  Haley Bennett
  • Up
  • Play
  • Sports

• I think I may not be able to retire.

  

  Tadashi Yanai
  • May
  • Think
  • Retire

• I care a lot about big food and everyone's right to healthy, nutritious food and what's caused obesity in America and obesity in children in America.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Children
  • America
  • Food

• It was helpful to have the confidence of youth that came from a lack of desperation. I thought, 'If I don't succeed, I'll go back to school and study.'

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • School
  • Confidence
  • Study

• I remember, as a kid, going into other people's houses. Everything was different. The smells in the kitchen were different; the clothing was different. That bothered me. There's something very mysterious about other families and the way they function.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • People
  • Different
  • Remember

• I think George Foreman must have gained about 350 lbs and is slow as ever.

  

  Larry Holmes
  • Think
  • Ever
  • Slow

• If what you're talking about is seeing someone perform, then I'll have to say that in the rhythm-and-blues side of things, seein' Otis Redding live was it, you know?

  

  Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
  • Live
  • You
  • Know

• I work everywhere. If there is a nice adventure in South Korea, for example, why not? Russia, Brazil, whatever. I'm ready for almost anything.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Work
  • Why
  • Nice

• We are protecting civilians. We are unarmed. We are no threat to you. Please do not shoot.

  

  Rachel Corrie
  • You
  • Protecting
  • Unarmed

• Better to have a known enemy than a forced ally.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Enemy
  • Forced

• Most of us are having to invent, discover, and create the next steps of our lives without a light, a map, or a relevant tradition.

  

  Marilyn Ferguson
  • Light

• Artists have a way of instantly communicating essence. Things are made clear, almost like a language, and so art is a powerful tool to communicate with the community.

  

  Emory Douglas
  • Art
  • Communicate
  • Tool

• In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Art
  • Education
  • Materialism

• The scientific method of examining facts is not peculiar to one class of phenomena and to one class of workers; it is applicable to social as well as to physical problems, and we must carefully guard ourselves against supposing that the scientific frame of mind is a peculiarity of the professional scientist.

  

  Karl Pearson
  • Mind
  • Professional
  • Facts

• I want to be remembered as a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played.

  

  Mattie Stepanek