John Darnielle Quotes
I always worry that I'm a dilettante: I know something about lots of things but don't have exhaustive knowledge of much.
Quotes to Explore
-
Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.
-
Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and I don't worry about my destiny.
-
I was very surprised when I heard that I had been chosen to receive the James Cardinal Gibbons Award.
-
Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.
-
My finances have been decimated by a group of people, such as my ex-attorney, my ex-business manager, and an estate planner, specifically. And they have conspired together to - to co-op my corporations, put in trustees without my knowledge.
-
Let us democratise knowledge. Let us universalise justice. Together, let us globalise compassion!
-
I am a worrier. I worry about the state of our country, of the world, of our species. Every day seems to deliver a new nail to hammer into our collective coffin.
-
That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.
-
In my view, the adults are the burnt generation of Iraq for whom nothing can be done. But for the children, we can worry now, we can talk about them, we can plan for them, we can get our protest heard by others.
-
The acquisition of knowledge - knowledge of both the world and of their own religion - will inoculate young people against extremist ideologies.
-
Summer is not obligatory. We can start an infernally hard jigsaw puzzle in June with the knowledge that, if there are enough rainy days, we may just finish it by Labor Day, but if not, there's no harm, no penalty. We may have better things to do.
-
Looking after a disabled child pushes you to the limits of what you can cope with... physically, emotionally. It's because there's this baby, this child that you love more than you can possibly imagine, in some way more than a normal child because you worry about them 24 hours a day. But at the same time you are so, so proud of them.
-
There is no age better than another. The commitment to give of yourself and the knowledge that the time is right are what's important.
-
Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.
-
If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge.
-
Every time I do something, I worry it's my last job.
-
Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.
-
I will revive the legend of the economic miracle, making the country a place where people have no worry about living and young people merrily go to work.
-
I always say, 'Do you have a body? Then you're swimsuit ready.' That's all you need to worry about.
-
I'm at a point in my career, I've been around a long time now, over 35 years in broadcasting. I don't worry about much. I respect what America's Got Talent is. It is a family show. It is a show that I love.
-
If the Soviet Union can give up the Brezhnev Doctrine for the Sinatra Doctrine, the United States can give up the James Monroe Doctrine for the Marilyn Monroe Doctrine: Let's all go to bed wearing the perfume we like best.
-
If you make something good and interesting and not ridiculing someone or being offensive, the creators of the original material will like it.
-
I've never done anything in my career that has gotten as much attention as 'House of Cards.'
-
I always worry that I'm a dilettante: I know something about lots of things but don't have exhaustive knowledge of much.
