Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
To know in war how to recognize an opportunity and seize it is better than anything else.
Quotes to Explore
-
With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.
-
I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
-
Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.
-
I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
-
It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
-
If you have multiples of anything, you have the possibility of repetition. Repetition creates pattern and also unity. Put anyone in a room with a pile of similar objects and say, 'I want a pattern by 3 P.M. or no dinner.' Anyone would come up with a design. It is easy, fun and available to anybody. Most people just don't have the nerve.
-
I was completely surrounded by religion from a young time. I was taught by my father. I engaged in discussions with him and many of these scholars who visited and came around the dining table, the lunch table, and attended many lectures with my dad. And so I learned the apprentice way.
-
In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
-
Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.
-
The fashion industry certainly has its obscene sides. The cost of a coat can be obscene. So can the cost of a photo shoot if you're working with a really good photographer.
-
I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go.
-
One day, I'll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it's nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.
-
In Chicago, they die for their teams.
-
Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
-
I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.
-
A few years ago, there were requests to me, Can we make this? I said that I have no rights. Contact the Hitchcock estate, which won't release it for a remake.
-
Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth.
-
I've just sort of jumped into relationships and moved in with people way too soon.
-
Cherish what is dearest while you have it near you, and wait not till it is far away. Blind and deaf that we are; oh, think, if thou yet love anybody living, wait not till death sweep down the paltry little dust clouds and dissonances of the moment, and all be made at last so mournfully clear and beautiful, when it is too late.
-
When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.
-
Where the fuck did they make you, Kid?What's that mean?Where does someone like you come from?I've lived a lot of places.Like where?Why do you care?Just wondering.Stop wondering.Why?I don't want to make friends here.Why?I don't like good-byes.You gotta say them though.No, you don't.
-
The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.
-
Seriously, I don't think there's any right way to do anything apart from if you're just being you; then it's a sincere situation.
-
To know in war how to recognize an opportunity and seize it is better than anything else.
