Jessamyn West Quotes
We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.
Quotes to Explore
-
You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how much success you have, no matter how much money you have, relationships are important.
-
I think the American people want to see the interactivity between candidates and audiences, and tough questions posed by people and how you handle them under fire.
-
It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.
-
I'm interested in personalities, not political parties.
-
My name is usually the one on the end of people's lips.
-
There's good economic progress in Malaysia. People have a lot to look forward to.
-
I was not put on this earth to listen to meat!
-
Stimulation-wise, I might be a little bit addicted when it comes to pushing my body to extremes.
-
My son is a Liverpool fan, and he was already kicking a ball before he was one. He was born in the football city; he had no choice.
-
When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have.
-
No one is ever ordinary.
-
Normally, when I skydive, even in winter, I wear very thin gloves. I want to be flexible, with fast reactions.
-
What I am teaching is religiousness, a quality. Religion is a dead dogma, fixed principles, frozen fossils. What I am teaching to you is a living, flowing religiousness - an experience like love.
-
Thank God for product and blusher.
-
Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
-
If the whole earth is infinitely small in comparison with the sphere of the stars, what is man compared with all these created beings!
-
A lot of new girls are arriving every day - let them do the glamour roles! I am done with ultra glam outfits and five song routines - hereafter, I want to do meatier roles, now that I've acted with all the biggies.
-
The way that you parent, you ease into every stage.
-
The idea that we were designed by our past was the principal insight of Charles Darwin. He was the first to realize that you can abandon divine creation of species without abandoning the argument from design.
-
I suppose I have played a lot of put-upon women, but it's never bothered me. They've never been weak – they've always got steel in them.
-
Because Dickens and Dostoyevsky and Woody Guthrie were telling their stories much better than I ever could, I decided to stick to my own mind.
-
We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.
