John C. Hawkes Quotes

The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language.

John C. Hawkes

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• People are mean on social media, whoever you are. It's a shame people have to be that way.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • People
  • Media
  • Social Media

• I have one brother, John, an airline pilot, who is seven years younger. He's adopted, though we're still blood related - he's my cousin. My parents couldn't have any more children after me, so when Dad's brother died, they adopted John, then just a baby.

  

  Gary Numan
  • Children
  • Parents
  • Dad

• That's the most important thing you do in your life - raise children and try to do the best job as a parent and give your kids the best shot in life to go out there into the big, bad world.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Life
  • World
  • Important

• I was so scared of the water when I was little. I used to grab onto Mum's hand to get out of the pool. I did not even want to shower.

  

  Adam Peaty
  • Want
  • Hand
  • Water

• When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!'

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Life
  • School
  • May

• I think making the referee aware of a situation, there is nothing wrong with that.

  

  Abby Wambach
  • Think
  • Situation
  • Nothing

• Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Life
  • Help
  • Purpose

• The fellows that I played with encouraged me to bunt and beat the ball out. I was anxious to make good and did as I was told. When I came to Brooklyn, I adopted an altogether different style of hitting. I stood flat-footed at the plate and slugged. That was my natural style.

  

  Zack Wheat
  • Style
  • Natural
  • Played

• I am constantly swimming on the margin, neither 100% American, French, nor Lebanese. I am none of those. I am the result of those three. Sometimes it's an asset: no one can put you in a category. That I do not make typical Lebanese, European or American films does not bother me.

  

  Ziad Doueiri
  • American
  • Films
  • European

• Dark are the paths which a higher hand allows us to traverse here... let us hold fast to the faith that a finer, more sublime solution of the enigmas of earthly life will be present, will become part of us.

  

  Carl Friedrich Gauss
  • Life
  • Faith
  • Hand

• We write dust epitaphs for our vanquished enemies and watch them blow away in the desert wind.

  

  Paolo Bacigalupi
  • Wind
  • Blow
  • Desert

• Disarm to farm.

  

  Paolo Bacigalupi

• Business is business. It’s never personal. It can be cruel, it can be ruthless, but it is never personal.

  

  Conor McGregor
  • Business

• I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.

  

  Aleister Crowley
  • Night
  • Faith
  • Morning

• We were terrified that Jones would settle. It was contrary to our purpose of bringing down the president.

  

  Ann Coulter
  • Purpose

• A few years ago, I lost 30 pounds, and people still wanted to criticize. And honestly, I'm happy with myself if I'm a little heavier.

  

  Khloe Kardashian
  • People
  • Happy
  • Lost

• I have an image of what a British gentleman looks like, and that image finds real expression in Prince Charles. He is beyond fashion - he is an archetype of style.

  

  Donatella Versace
  • Real
  • Fashion
  • Style

• We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining - they just shine.

  

  Dwight L. Moody
  • Light
  • Attention
  • Fire

• There's nothing worse than a bunch of jaded old farts, and that's a fact.

  

  Robert Plant Led Zeppelin

• I've carried on, in that same tradition, with my kids. Aside from just his brilliance, in my estimation, I think he had one of the great imaginations of the 20th century. One of the reasons why the tradition carries on, all these years later, is because, as a parent, those are the books that you go to and pull off the shelf because they never stop delighting you.

  

  Christopher Meledandri
  • Thinking
  • Book
  • Kids

• Be ever more obedient to God and He will save you.

  

  Pachomius the Great
  • God
  • Christian
  • Orthodox

• It was awkward and embarrassing, but you have to go through things, ... I got through it and I'm happy it's over with and I can move forward and start playing.

  

  Eddie Griffin
  • Happy
  • Playing
  • Embarrassing

• I am very grateful to our people who appreciate my work and for their support, as without that support it would have been impossible to get anything done.

  

  Vladimir Putin
  • People
  • Appreciate
  • Grateful

• The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language.

  

  John C. Hawkes