Jimmy Wales Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I don't believe in God, though I'm not prepared to call myself an atheist either. You know the old phrase: 'There are no atheists in foxholes.' I've never been in a foxhole, and if I ever find myself in a foxhole, I'll let you know if I believe in God or not.
-
Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
-
Custom is second nature.
-
Have I seen The Commitments? I was obsessed with that movie. I just watched it again about two weeks ago.
-
I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.
-
My driving record is not exemplary, but I have never had a speeding ticket over 100 m.p.h. I can say that unequivocally.
-
Emotions should be real; one shouldn't come across as acting.
-
Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day.
-
Cars have a large engine in the front and you have a gearbox, which is cumbersome. Electric cars don't have this problem. The motor is much smaller, the battery is below you. This will allow you to play with different shapes.
-
All the modern christian churches have no more authority to preach, baptize, or administer any other ordinance of the gospel than the idolatrous Hindoos have.
-
With 'All Is Song,' I tried to construct a very traditional narrative that pulls no tricks.
-
Poetry allies itself with beauty - a supreme union - but never uses it as its ultimate goal or sole nourishment.
-
I grew my dreadlocks 12 years ago because they give me the freedom to roll out of bed and not spend hours on my woolly, thick hair. I get tons of dropped jaws and compliments, so I reckon folks like them all right.
-
If, by one determined purpose, the hearts of all the graduates, the officials, and the men of China were united, our country would rest upon a great rock, and we could defy the world to overthrow us. To attain this object, it is necessary first that every man should fulfill his duty to his parents and elders. The country would then be at peace.
-
I kind of grew up in the indie world, and now that sort of writing and material is on television.
-
We disapprove of parental hovering not because it won’t pay off later-it might; it does!-but because it’s obnoxious now.
-
How blessings brighten as they take their flight!
-
I punched out Kathleen Hanna... Sonic Youth brought her. I punched her, and she screamed, 'I'll take you on, any college in America, any feminist debate,' and I said, 'But Kathleen, that means you're going to have to read!'
-
I wanted to fulfill my dream of playing in the NFL.
-
I do not lack the courage to think a thought whole.
-
After the terrible events of last week, there is still the shock and disbelief; there is anger; there is fear; but there is also, throughout the world, a profound sense of solidarity; there is courage; there is a surging of the human spirit.
-
The role of Charlie Eppes has changed me. I never imagined I would play a role like this. I lost some weight, grew my hair and now every woman in America over 40 wants to date me. It's their daughters I want to convince. The truth is all this talk makes me blush. Me, I look in the mirror and all I see is this Jewish kid from Queens.
-
If it isn't on Google, it doesn't exist.
