John Wilmot Quotes

For all men would be cowards if they durst.

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• Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.

  

  Carlisle Floyd
  • Important
  • Country
  • Most

• The economy is not immutable; it's not about natural laws. It's about rules, and we make the rules.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Economy
  • Rules
  • Laws

• By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.

  

  Iain Banks
  • Best
  • Books
  • Worst

• One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones.

  

  Saint Ignatius
  • More
  • Far
  • Rare

• There are lots of films I wish stopped at installment number one. I like 'Back to the Future Part II' and 'Part III' enough, but I still like the ending of the first one better.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Future
  • Wish
  • Ending

• I'm convinced the fall of Aleppo will not end the war.

  

  Federica Mogherini
  • War
  • Fall
  • End

• It is true that when there's a drone attack, those - that the - the terrorists are killed, it's true. But 500 and 5,000 more people rises against it, and more terrorism occurs, and more - more bomb blasts occurs.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • People
  • True
  • Terrorism

• If we do a little bit of insight into history, how many times have there been people doing hate discourse, blaming everything on a certain group of people. That really is the genesis of genocide, where it kind of sparks.

  

  Gael Garcia Bernal
  • People
  • History
  • Hate

• I've lived my life the way I wanted to, whether scaling the mountains, partying long into the night or having fun playing soccer.

  

  Marat Safin
  • Life
  • Long
  • Fun

• I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.

  

  Ziyi Zhang
  • Value
  • Like
  • Simplicity

• The Olympics have their own unique atmosphere and energy. People might say it's just the same as any other competition, but don't kid yourself. There's a hunger for victory.

  

  Ilya Ilyin
  • People
  • Energy
  • Unique

• It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.

  

  Aaron Levie
  • Sleep
  • Unfortunate

• Scriptures reveal the divine desires of the Lord in our behalf. Each of us should have a burning desire to search the scriptures diligently and daily to seek the will of the Lord in our life. For some, it may be necessary to develop the discipline to search the scriptures daily.

  

  L. Lionel Kendrick
  • Life
  • May
  • Desire

• I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.

  

  Wayne McGregor
  • People
  • Thinking
  • House

• If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Woman
  • Situation
  • Everyone

• Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at.

  

  Maggie Grace
  • Good
  • Tennis
  • Dangerous

• Pay attention to science and not myths: We think liars won't look you in the eyes, but it turns out an honest person will only look you in the eyes about 60 percent of the time.

  

  Pamela Meyer
  • Time
  • Science
  • Attention

• I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • School
  • Want
  • Yourself

• I still kind of believe this absurd line that if you have to write it down, it's not worth remembering.

  

  Andrew Bird
  • Believe

• When you're young, you want to make every kind of film: musicals, Westerns, horror. Slowly you begin to hear your own voice. I hope people receive what I do as small, personal films that are somewhat contrarian about their main characters.

  

  Jason Reitman
  • People
  • Hope
  • Small

• I've always coached energy, hustling, rushing to the pile, and if it is wiggling, you do hit it because guys are fighting for yardage, and sometimes, you've got to give up the ball because of one inch.

  

  Jon Gruden
  • Up
  • Energy
  • Fighting

• Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life's problems fall into place of their own accord. J.I. Packer

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Life
  • God
  • Business

• Coming from the Midwest, I didn't know about stand-up as an art. I just thought stand-up comedians were old men in suits talking about their wives.

  

  Natasha Leggero
  • Up
  • Men
  • Art

• For all men would be cowards if they durst.

  

  John Wilmot
  • Men