John Jacob Astor Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I do this acting thing mostly for myself. I like to make a connection and communicate with the audience to make myself feel less lonely. I also do it to develop my own character, so sometimes I do it to just be away in a certain area that I've never been to. But mostly, the story has to do something for me.
Carice van Houten
-
AIPAC has consistently opposed a two-state solution, and a lot of members of Congress have been intimidated, and I don't think that's healthy.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
-
People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
Adam Grant
-
Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.
Vincent D'Onofrio
-
As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.
Barry Sternlicht
-
Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.
Karl Marx
-
New and emerging infections keep coming back and the world needs a collective defense system, and that requires international cooperation and collaboration, in the name of global solidarity.
Margaret Chan
-
One of the key things about the entitlement and power of patriarchy, but also within feminism, is not that it's wilful nastiness. But you can't ask for permission. You can negotiate and you can bring people on board and you can build a base but you can't expect for it to be given.
Rachel Holmes
-
When I was a fairly precocious young man I became thoroughly impressed with the futility of the hopes and strivings that chase most men restlessly through life. Moreover, I soon discovered the cruelty of that chase, which in those years was much more carefully covered up by hypocrisy and glittering words than is the case today. By the mere existence of his stomach everyone was condemned to participate in that chase. The stomach might well be satisfied by such participation, but not man insofar as he is a thinking and feeling being.
Albert Einstein
-
I did a lot of musicals when I first started my career, so I can carry a tune well.
Josh Dallas
-
To be honest, to be industrious, and not to gamble.
John Jacob Astor
