Eric Hoffer Quotes

Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know.

Eric Hoffer

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• But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.

  

  Fisher Stevens
  • Character
  • Problem
  • Gambling

• Literally, when I go to the vocal coach, I'm like, 'You are teaching me nothing.' You know?

  

  Zara Larsson
  • Know
  • Teaching
  • Coach

• I've got a bunch of books... I rely on funny books and movies to cheer me up. Oh, but I must say, I do have the world's most perfect husband, so a cuddle from him always cheers me up. He's a good guy.

  

  Wendi McLendon-Covey
  • Up
  • World
  • Good

• I told God, 'I don't want a man. I don't want more gold albums. The only thing I want is the love, friendship, and presence of my mother.' And God gave it to me.

  

  La India
  • God
  • Love
  • Mother

• There was a series called 'Game of Thrones' which was very popular here in the United States, a post-Tolkien kind of thing. It was garbage, yet very addictive garbage - because there's lots of violence, all the women take their clothes off all the time, and it's kind of fun.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Time
  • Women
  • Fun

• I'm very pro-American - my entire family escaped poverty in Italy because they rightly believed in the American dream.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Family
  • American
  • Dream

• The only way to find peace is when you are not separated, when you are not fighting, when you part of the whole.

  

  Laura Esquivel
  • Peace
  • Fighting
  • Find

• I feel curious about every situation I'm in.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Feel
  • Situation
  • Curious

• 'I'm not necessarily saying it's going to be nuclear. The Lord didn't say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that.' - Pat Robertson, speaking about an upcoming 'mass killing,' on The 700 Club January 2, 2007

  

  Pat Robertson
  • Believe

• I would give ten years off the beginning of my life to see, only once, Tyrannosaurus rex come rearing up from the elms of Central Park, a Morgan police horse screaming in its jaws. We can never have enough of nature.

  

  Edward Abbey
  • Life
  • Up
  • Nature

• The dualistic philosophy reigned supreme in Europe, dominating the development of Western science. But with the advent of atomic physics, findings based on demonstrable experiment were seen to negate the dualistic theory, and the trend of thought since then has been back to the monistic conception of the ancient Taoists.

  

  Bruce Lee
  • Science

• What's weird is that I work with these directors and then I start channeling them. I kind of turn into them a bit - which is cool when you're working with Clint Eastwood.

  

  Jamie Bell
  • Work
  • Cool
  • Weird

• I've been extremely lucky in that I've been a very successful model for a long time. So now I'm an actress and a mother. I'm a theatre rat, which I always wanted to be - I've wanted to act since I was 14 - and I never get bored, ever, and I have four beautiful children. I am, in fact, so darn lucky.

  

  Jerry Hall
  • Time
  • Long
  • Children

• My dream artists to collaborate with are probably Cee Lo Green and Imogen Heap. They're completely out of my genre but they're both musical geniuses.

  

  Kina Grannis
  • Dream
  • Green

• Death calls ye to the crowd of common men.

  

  James Shirley
  • Men
  • Death

• I do splurge on diaper bags. I have a half dozen in different colors and styles.

  

  Elisabeth Hasselbeck
  • Different

• I don't want to be left in the past. When I stand next to Kylie, Beyonce or Rihanna, I don't want to be a decrepit old lady.

  

  Lulu Kennedy-Cairns
  • Past

• We cannot stop the winter or the summer from coming. We cannot stop the spring or the fall or make them other than they are. They are gifts from the universe that we cannot refuse. But we can choose what we will contribute to life when each arrives.

  

  Gary Zukav
  • Life
  • Stop
  • Fall

• It's rare to have even half-meaningful conversations in the film industry.

  

  Amber Heard
  • Meaningful

• This habit of reading, I make bold to tell you, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures. It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will support you when all other recreations are gone. It will last until your death. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.

  

  Anthony Trollope
  • God
  • Death
  • Support

• I told the Mucinex people, 'You picked me because I always sound sick'. They were like, 'Well, it doesn't hurt'.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • People
  • Me
  • Hurt

• Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know.

  

  Eric Hoffer