John Milton Quotes

Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the regard of Heav'n on all his ways.

John Milton

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• I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.

  

  Gabrielle Anwar
  • Want
  • Know
  • Style

• I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.

  

  Padma Lakshmi
  • People
  • Food
  • Universe

• My public in Guadalajara and the people from Guadalajara, they've supported me since day one.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • People
  • Day
  • Public

• I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm clueless.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Playing
  • Tennis
  • Eat

• Sydney's beautiful, the weather's great, and the air's fresh and clean, but it doesn't have the scene and the amount of likeminded people. At home, things are very comfortable, but I feel like putting myself out there a bit.

  

  Flume
  • People
  • Great
  • Home

• I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.

  

  Xavier Niel
  • Better
  • Outside
  • Outsider

• I went to this little performing arts school in downtown Phoenix. You had to dance or act, and everyone sang in choir. I started out playing the saxophone, but I always wanted to be in an orchestra. That was a dream as a kid, and there aren't a lot of saxophones in an orchestra.

  

  Kacy Hill
  • School
  • Dream
  • Dance

• I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.

  

  Katharine Cornell
  • Amazing
  • Woman
  • Performances

• But God, who is the beginning of all things, is not to be regarded as a composite being, lest perchance there should be found to exist elements prior to the beginning itself, out of which everything is composed, whatever that be which is called composite.

  

  Origen
  • God
  • Beginning
  • Everything

• Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.

  

  Gary Sherman
  • Opportunity
  • Romantic
  • Scary

• I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.

  

  N. Scott Momaday
  • Land
  • Landscape
  • Isolation

• In all the areas within which the spiritual life of humanity is at work, the historical epoch wherein fate has placed us is an epoch of stupendous happenings.

  

  Edmund Husserl
  • Life
  • Work
  • Humanity

• I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out.

  

  Beck
  • Write
  • Just
  • Go

• The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.

  

  Saint Ambrose
  • Church
  • Emperor
  • Above

• We would like to preserve Europe for Europeans.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • Like
  • Europe
  • Preserve

• I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.

  

  Laura Wade
  • Family
  • Parents
  • Child

• I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Words
  • Always
  • Either

• I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Work
  • Day
  • Research

• Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On occasions you can find yourself on a film set where the person who is wearing the director's hat is only trying to justify his position.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Good
  • Trying
  • Yourself

• SpaceX is only 12 years old now. Between now and 2040, the company's lifespan will have tripled. If we have linear improvement in technology, as opposed to logarithmic, then we should have a significant base on Mars, perhaps with thousands or tens of thousands of people.

  

  Elon Musk
  • People
  • Technology
  • Improvement

• I don't think life gets any better than sitting in the sun while a legend of French cinema tells you stories about making 'Belle de Jour' and other wonderful films, and eating great food.

  

  Kevin Macdonald
  • Life
  • Great
  • Food

• I don't think I've ever had a bad Valentine's Day, I mean... c'mon, y'all know I never get a bad Valentine. Nah. Um, no, I've never really had - I don't have a bad Valentine's Day. I never really think... it doesn't come up to my mind.

  

  Prince Royce
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Bad

• 'Power' is really such a good show that I forget I'm in it sometimes.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Good
  • Power
  • Sometimes

• Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the regard of Heav'n on all his ways.

  

  John Milton
  • Work
  • Mind
  • Body