John Donne Quotes

Those set our hairs, but these our flesh upright.

John Donne

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• I love dogs, but dogs, you have to be in the country with dogs. I cannot walk a dog on the street.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Country
  • Love
  • Dog

• I didn't get at first put into a rehab facility; I got put in a adolescent psychiatric unit for my detox.

  

  Jack Osbourne
  • First
  • Got
  • Adolescent

• We must first and foremost defend Hungary's independence and sovereignty, and, if needed, we must regain it.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • First
  • Independence
  • Needed

• 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.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • World
  • Country
  • Species

• What I think a doctor should do is prevent disease, by any means necessary.

  

  Jack Kevorkian
  • Think
  • Disease
  • Doctor

• We did a play of 'Frog and Toad' at my elementary school. And I'm not sure if this is part of the book or it was something that we made up on our own, but I auditioned to play the black hole, which somehow makes sense to me.

  

  Hailey Gates
  • Up
  • School
  • Book

• I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport.

  

  Harold Ramis
  • Good
  • Fun
  • Pretty

• Do you know what I'm working on now? My first feature as a director.

  

  Faye Dunaway
  • Know
  • Now
  • Director

• The American system of democracy is founded on the concept that every citizen has the right to vote, to know that their vote is counted, and that the vote is counted accurately.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
  • American
  • Know
  • Democracy

• I am an introvert. I should get that out there now.

  

  Maggie Stiefvater
  • Introvert

• It's also very painful, because I feel, and I know, probably all women my age and older feel like we're better and have more to give and are more fun now.

  

  Barbara Hershey
  • Women
  • Fun
  • Age

• I'd like to do a play, and I'd like to do a musical.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Play
  • Like
  • Musical

• Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history are clear. If we give in to protectionist pressures, we will only send the world into a downward spiral.

  

  Manmohan Singh
  • World
  • Real
  • History

• You can't get angry with a horse. They will get angry and frisky with you.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • You
  • Angry
  • Horse

• As a revelation from God, they have stood the test of many ages; and as such maintained their ground against every species of enemy, and every mode of attack. Truth is mighty, and must prevail.

  

  Adam Clarke
  • God
  • Truth
  • Enemy

• Victoria's Secret is really about celebrating women and what they stand for: the strength.

  

  Cara Delevingne
  • Women
  • Strength
  • Stand

• Any filmmaking, any film is a collaborative process. There's always a lot of people working on things together.

  

  Olivia Thirlby
  • People
  • Together
  • Filmmaking

• Once I finished 'Eileen,' I wanted to write more novels. I don't see myself stopping any time soon.

  

  Ottessa Moshfegh
  • Time
  • Myself
  • See

• I love cartoons. I'm just a big kid.

  

  Artis Leon Ivey Jr.

• Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens.

  

  Alphonse de Lamartine
  • God
  • Nature

• Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short and long, life and death? Can you let go of all these dualities and embrace the Tao without skepticism or panic? If so, you can reach the heart of the Integral Oneness.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Death
  • Ego
  • Skepticism

• It's really not fun to have seen a movie that you want to talk about, and you can't find anyone else who's seen it.

  

  Anita Elberse
  • Movie
  • Fun

• We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.

  

  Andrew Bernstein
  • Goal
  • Goals
  • Ability

• Those set our hairs, but these our flesh upright.

  

  John Donne