John Constable Quotes

It is so ambiguous as to be scarcely intelligible in some parts (and those the principal), yet as a whole, it is novel and affecting.

John Constable

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• I've always thought that a good book should be either the entry point inward, to learn about yourself, or a door outward, to open you up to new worlds.

  

  Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Up
  • Good
  • Book

• I'm drawn to villains that are three-dimensional and raw and that I can kind of see in my own life.

  

  Walton Goggins
  • Life
  • Kind
  • See

• Nothing is ever for sure, but when something in love doesn't work from the beginning, it's never going to work. Don't push it.

  

  Vanessa Paradis
  • Work
  • Love
  • Never

• The recreational golfer who gives it careful thought will conclude that the favorite golf hole in his life played downhill, gradually or severely, and normally was downwind as well.

  

  Dan Jenkins
  • Life
  • Thought
  • Golf

• Mine has been a concern for the people, a concern to maintain stability, a concern to get people working together racially, ethnically, rich and poor - all segments of the city.

  

  Walter Washington
  • People
  • Together
  • City

• It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Lost
  • Better
  • Romantic

• The commercial and subsidised theatre are intrinsically linked. I wouldn't have had the career I have had without the opportunities I had through the subsidised sector. However, I do think, in any walk of life, subsidy for the sake of subsidy is not always healthy.

  

  Cameron Mackintosh
  • Life
  • Career
  • Theatre

• Why did mainstream America come to accept marriage equality? Gay leaders had made a convincing case that gay families were like straight families and should have the same rights. The American spirit of fair play had been invoked.

  

  Edmund White
  • Why
  • American
  • America

• I've learned to wait 'til an idea is worth making. That's not really a lesson I've learned; I sort of always did it that way. But there's no reason or need to make videos prior to when you make a show, because then you need material for it.

  

  H. Jon Benjamin
  • Reason
  • Always
  • Wait

• I denied this for many, many years and years... but you cannot help but not see a little of my mother in the character of Edna.

  

  Barry Humphries
  • Character
  • Help
  • Mother

• In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Education
  • Innovation

• Is power that-an emptiness?

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Power

• A bold bad man, that dar'd to call by name Great Gorgon, Prince of darknesse and dead night.

  

  Edmund Spenser
  • Great
  • Bad
  • Night

• To My Friend John Sylvester, Just a few words reminding you that I have not forgotten my sick little pal. Sorry I couldn’t get out to see you but here’s hoping this little message of cheer finds you well on the road to recovery. I will try to knock you another homer maybe two today. Best regards from your friend and rooter, 'Babe' Ruth.

  

  Babe Ruth
  • Today
  • Words
  • Friend

• I would really like to slow down the speed of reading with continual punctuation marks. For I would like to be read slowly. (As I myself read.)

  

  Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • Reading

• Q: Do you find quite a difference between the audience at large and the critics as a group? A: Well, one is a group of human beings, one is not.

  

  Edward Albee

• Look after yourself, get rest, get a facial, get a hair treatment, eat really well, work out, get a personal trainer. And that's really the key: to take care of yourself and not burn out.

  

  Poppy Delevingne
  • Work
  • Rest
  • Hair

• I didn't know anything about music when I started a band. I barely knew how to play a guitar. I didn't know how to produce records. I learned how to play bass guitar and keyboards in Rilo Kiley. I picked up a lot from my collaborators.

  

  Jenny Lewis
  • Up
  • Music
  • Band

• There are really three parts to the album, and there's, like, quite a lot of hip-hop on there. I guess it is a worry that people who love 'Human' might think they're buying the album and that's a blueprint for it, but it's definitely not. Hopefully they'll be pleasantly surprised.

  

  Rory Charles Graham
  • Album
  • Hip Hop
  • Human

• The NFL, sadly, has a fatal environmental problem: It kills its workers.

  

  Matt Taibbi

• My father did everything for me. He was awesome.

  

  Jenson Button
  • Father
  • Awesome

• Personal computing today is a rich ecosystem encompassing massive PC-based data centers, notebook and Tablet PCs, handheld devices, and smart cell phones. It has expanded from the desktop and the data center to wherever people need it - at their desks, in a meeting, on the road or even in the air.

  

  Bill Gates
  • People
  • Today
  • Air

• Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.

  

  Pope John Paul II
  • History

• It is so ambiguous as to be scarcely intelligible in some parts (and those the principal), yet as a whole, it is novel and affecting.

  

  John Constable