John Betjeman Quotes

The test of an abstract picture, for me, is not my first reaction to it, but how long I can stand it hanging on the wall of a room where I am living.

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• As I followed my dream - stayed in-Spirit, that is, inspired - I made more money in the first year after I gave up my employment than I had made in the previous 35 years of my life.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Life
  • Up
  • Money

• I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.

  

  Xavi
  • People
  • Great
  • Live

• I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • Life
  • Different
  • Soul

• It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.

  

  Hans Hofmann
  • Work
  • Same
  • Expression

• I think we need to start with Philadelphia and make sure that we actually get some election reform in Philadelphia. Actually, a recent election was thrown out by a federal judge because of corruption with the voting process in Philadelphia.

  

  Patrick McHenry
  • Judge
  • Start
  • Election

• We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Man
  • Tree
  • Born

• I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music.

  

  Vance Joy
  • Music
  • Different
  • Football

• I still have a young attitude.

  

  Pat Morita
  • Attitude
  • Young
  • Still

• Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Believe
  • Family
  • Strong

• I love dogs. I have a Golden Doodle and an Alaskan Klee Kai.

  

  Halston Sage
  • Love
  • Dogs
  • Golden

• If you take shortcuts, you get cut short.

  

  Gary Busey
  • You
  • Short
  • Take

• You change the world by being yourself.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • World
  • Change
  • Yourself

• To come in and win three races already this year and maybe set a record by winning four is pretty unique. But guys like Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace and these guys are not wanting that to happen.

  

  Dale Earnhardt
  • Pretty
  • Winning
  • Unique

• Instead of going out, I'm trying to encourage people to have a memorable experience in their own home. We call it 'Delicioso Night In.' I invite the people I care about the most. Then, when I get a lot of people together, I like to have finger foods.

  

  Aaron Sanchez
  • People
  • Trying
  • Home

• In Australia, we've always been a country that runs the ball right up the middle on the fifth tackle. We've never seen a challenge we didn't like, and we've certainly never run from one.

  

  Wayne Swan
  • Up
  • Country
  • Challenge

• People always make the mistake of calling an idea small or stupid because they don't understand how it's going to evolve.

  

  Sam Altman
  • People
  • Small
  • Mistake

• I have got nothing against family companies, but there must be real equity, that is all I say. It cannot be based on influence or political friendships. It has to be based on real equity backing their dreams.

  

  Uday Kotak
  • Real
  • Family
  • Political

• I actually prefer Twitter as a medium, and I also got into Periscope for a second, but I'm still trying to figure out what to do with it. I can't figure out if the only important thing about it is the live broadcast, or if it's an interesting kind of way to log what you do.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Important
  • Live
  • Trying

• I often feel that when people have affairs, it has more to do with something they're searching for in themselves than anything else.

  

  Laila Robins
  • People
  • Feel
  • Searching

• The Revelations of Devout and Learn'd Who rose before us, and as Prophets burn'd, Are all but Stories, which, awoke from Sleep, They told their comrades, and to Sleep return'd.

  

  Omar Khayyam
  • Sleep
  • Rose

• The thing I wonder about is where does Brian's creative spark come from? Not his subjects or anything, but his spark. What makes it so great for me is that I really don't know. There's a mystery behind Brian, even to me.

  

  Dennis Wilson
  • Great
  • Wonder

• I don't have to wear any other makeup as long as I have blush.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • Long
  • Makeup
  • Blush

• I didn't long to be a designer. I always liked fashion, but it was always a bit sleeping in me.

  

  Carolina Herrera
  • Long
  • Fashion

• The test of an abstract picture, for me, is not my first reaction to it, but how long I can stand it hanging on the wall of a room where I am living.

  

  John Betjeman
  • Long
  • Picture
  • Wall