Karen Armstrong Quotes
Compassion doesn't, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way.
Quotes to Explore
-
Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
-
I've never been one to run from a challenge.
-
I guess you could say I'm pretty wary.
-
In France, successive waves of Gaul, Visigoth, and Frank have swept over the land and have dominated it. But the fair hair and blue eyes and the clear skin of the conquering races have been submerged by the rising and overflow of the dusky blood of the original population.
-
In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
-
The beauty of a Moroccan riad is undeniable, but even the most die-hard fan may find herself growing a little weary of what can come to feel like a one-size-fits-all aesthetic: tilework, white Berber rugs, woolen tribal throw pillows in reds and ochers, cut-metal lanterns.
-
Green, red, and mixed shades of haemins are known. If magnesium is replaced by iron in chlorophyll, green haemins are obtained. Their colour is due to a strong band in the red which is already recognized in chlorophyll.
-
The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.
-
A lot of times, songs can blend together on the radio because there's so many great songs out there.
-
I wish I could make multiple records, stylistically. The way that I'm gonna remedy that is to make a diverse record with a lot of different styles on one record.
-
The People's Republic of China has not yet reached the military might of the Soviet Empire. It requires a little more time and a little more infusion of Western aid, loans, technology and the hard currency of our tourists.
-
It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
-
It is not known, now, for what length of time the Tuatha de Danaan had the sway over Ireland, and it is likely it was a long time they had it, but they were put from it at last.
-
Let someone else be the world's greatest actress. I'll be the world's greatest baseball fan.
-
I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.
-
Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
-
I said I wanted to strap guns on an El Camino. When I brought it up at a meeting, they said great. I realized there's no adult in the room.
-
I want to make sure that that future that we're creating is one that is the best it can be for people around the world, and also one that includes the full range of our talent and our skills - and, you know, gender and ethnicity, geography - to solving the world's problems.
-
Well, I have no problem with 3-D but I don't think it's necessarily a blanket requirement for every film.
-
What if a puppet could cut its own strings, and in that act of defiance and strength of will become truly alive? Become is own puppetmaster?
-
I was a big Jay Leno fan, so I was sorry to see him go. But my number one person that I watch, she's not late night, but in terms of the comedian genre, is Ellen DeGeneres - love her.
-
Reservoir Dogs is a small film, and part of its charm was that it was a small film. I'd probably make it for $3 million now so I'd have more breathing room.
-
Stepping away from Fun. was both exciting and terrifying.
-
Compassion doesn't, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way.
