A. C. Benson Quotes

I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.

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• Working with Terry Gilliam was magic - I've been watching his films since I was little.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Magic
  • Working
  • Watching

• A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.

  

  Walter Lippmann
  • Life
  • Long
  • Space

• The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.

  

  Lafcadio Hearn
  • Father
  • Man
  • Wife

• Even the mundane task of washing dishes by hand is an example of the small tasks and personal activities that once filled people's daily lives with a sense of achievement.

  

  B. F. Skinner
  • People
  • Small
  • Hand

• I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair.

  

  Halle Berry
  • Long
  • Women
  • Best

• I am very close to my brother Ramesh Babu. When my father was away for shootings, my brother would take care of me, and I am very close to him, and yes, Dad's always special. He used to call me and enquire about my film's progress. Whenever I deliver a hit, I can see a glow on my father's face.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Father
  • Dad
  • Progress

• I tend to wear all black. I like feeling sexy, feminine, effortless, and real.

  

  Banks
  • Real
  • Black
  • Feeling

• The bodies we have are not made for extended use. We must cope with accumulated DNA damage, cell damage, muscle atrophy, bone loss, decreased muscle mass, and joints worn out from overuse during a lifetime of bipedal locomotion. It might have worked great for prehistoric humans, but it wreaks havoc on our knees and hips.

  

  S. Jay Olshansky
  • Great
  • Loss
  • DNA

• Latin people love to dance. Nothing is more powerful than a Latin man doing 'Mambo Number 5' by himself.

  

  Taylor Negron
  • People
  • Love
  • Man

• I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?

  

  Iris Apfel
  • Up
  • Happy
  • Morning

• There's not a thing that any of you guys can say bad about me that would hurt my feelings... I'm not coming at you, what I'm saying is that, I'm willing to take that heat for my team, if we're playing well or if we're not playing well.

  

  Vince Carter
  • Bad
  • Team
  • Hurt

• I do have a family, and I do have friends, and so-called friends, and acquaintances, and many other people I see only around Christmas time. Maybe they could vouch for me. Maybe they could testify to my existence and save a part of me that thinks I'm no better than a bag of potato chips.

  

  Macaulay Culkin
  • People
  • Time
  • Family

• I went to my mum at about seven or eight and said I want to start acting, but the week before, I had said I wanted to do ballet. She said if I took acting classes for a full year, she would look further into it, and that's how it started.

  

  Hailee Steinfeld
  • She
  • Start
  • Year

• I don't think the Republicans care much about minorities.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Think
  • Care
  • Minorities

• In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.

  

  Larry Hogan
  • Being
  • Nation
  • Unfortunate

• A lie to me is a dream that might come true.

  

  Malachy McCourt
  • True
  • Dream
  • Me

• How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Men
  • Man
  • Victory

• The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.

  

  Otto Weininger
  • Women
  • Why
  • Sky

• I like to write in a shroud of secrecy because I have to keep finding ways to scare myself.

  

  M. Night Shyamalan
  • Myself
  • Finding
  • Secrecy

• Like every actress, I, too, had movies that got stuck, but I have learnt to always look at the best in every situation and to give my best to every situation.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Best
  • Movies
  • Situation

• We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.

  

  Eric Hoffer

• Engaging with exceptionally hard problems forces us to think differently.

  

  Edwin Catmull
  • Problems
  • Forces
  • Engaging

• The best advice I got really had nothing to do with singing; it came from my brother, who always told me to stick to my guns and to believe in myself. I think Duane saw my talents and believed in me long before I ever did, and that meant the world to me.

  

  Gregg Allman
  • World
  • Believe
  • Long

• I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.

  

  A. C. Benson
  • Believe