Oprah Winfrey Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
-
A constant stream of 'free' money is a perfect way to keep an inefficient or simply bad government in power. As aid flows in, there is nothing more for the government to do - it doesn't need to raise taxes, and as long as it pays the army, it doesn't have to take account of its disgruntled citizens.
-
The world at large doesn't always make sense to me, and there are safe havens. Linda Manz in 'Out of the Blue' is one of them.
-
It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
-
Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
-
Power focuses on self-preservation; principle focuses on making ideas successful.
-
Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
-
Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.
-
Creating things sometimes is difficult.
-
If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myself out about it too much because there are also so many arbitrary things that go into being cast for something - you know, like the color of your eyes, all these things that are kind of out of my control.
-
I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
-
I do interviews because it's a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don't have any great wisdom.
-
I came from a Hindi medium school... the principal felt that I would not fit into an English medium college. Though I was top in my class in school, and I got admission in other colleges, but I really wanted to study in St. Xavier's.
-
Illinois surpasses every other spot of equal extent upon the face of the globe in fertility of soil and in the proportionable amount of the same which is sufficiently level for actual cultivation.
-
We'll all die out eventually. Humans will be gone. And all I'm saying is, when people worry about polar bears disappearing or whatever, it's like, 'Well that's life, things will come and go, we'll find new species.'
-
Anything that's made by humans is about humans, whether it's about gods or aliens or anything; it's about some sort of expressive nature about us.
-
One time, I pranked my sister: I put red solo cups in her room on her floor and filled them with water. Then I put string all over so you couldn't get anywhere.
-
I feel that 'Tokoyo Drift' blew people away because not many people had high expectations for it.
-
My personal mission has always been to empower people to be creative. But the Holy Grail of a tinkerer is to make something that makes something.
-
To me, people's lives and loves are entwined with their characters, natures and circumstances. I regard all general advice with skepticism.
-
I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.
-
For many years, Myanmar's leadership was largely shut out from the world of international diplomacy.
-
In times of uncertainty - whether it's economic, psychological, emotional, or philosophical - people often say that the only thing we can truly control is our attitudes. If that's true, then I'm going to spend today walking my 14-year-old dog on a free beach and treasuring the fact that she's still alive.
-
You are always walking in the direction of either love or fear. Choose wisely.
