C. S. Lewis Quotes

Authority exercised with humility, and obedience accepted with delight are the very lines along which our spirits live.

C. S. Lewis

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• Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.

  

  Victoria Pratt
  • Women
  • Pretty
  • Action

• My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.

  

  Gabby Douglas
  • Family
  • Today
  • Overcome

• I've got bowlegs, so if I do a midcalf look, I look bandy.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Look
  • Got

• I don't care about image and all that nonsense. I'm in sweat pants every day. I don't play the game at all.

  

  Zach Braff
  • Game
  • Day
  • Everyday

• I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.

  

  Abigail Breslin
  • People
  • Work
  • Learn

• Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.

  

  Samuel Goldwyn
  • Attention
  • Ignore
  • Pay

• I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Country

• Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.

  

  Malcolm Boyd
  • Reality
  • Opinion
  • Touch

• If I'm trying to rebound after a bad hole, I just go back to tempo and process and rhythm, and I cling to my routine.

  

  Zach Johnson The Fray
  • Trying
  • Bad
  • Process

• After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.

  

  Barney Ross
  • War
  • Rest
  • Surrender

• Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.

  

  Ed Markey
  • America
  • Technology
  • Safety

• My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.

  

  Majora Carter
  • Up
  • World
  • Real

• Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.

  

  Carl D. Anderson
  • Problem
  • Information

• I think success happens when it's supposed to and when you can appreciate it. I am grateful that it didn't happen for me at 22 or 23. I would've been foolish enough to think that we're all entitled to it, instead of it being the divine blessing that it is.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Success
  • Grateful
  • Divine

• I mean rappin' to me is easy, it's something you can do over a week.

  

  Ice T
  • Easy
  • Week
  • Can

• There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?

  

  M. Night Shyamalan
  • Water
  • Monster
  • Glass

• I'm highly distractable, and I have too many things on my mind very often. When I'm driving in the city, it drives me so crazy - the city traffic and the parking - I just take cabs everywhere.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Mind
  • City
  • Crazy

• Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • You
  • Rich
  • Will

• Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Me
  • Crazy
  • Makes

• There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I can make garlic crab better than Crustacean. My sauce is so good you'll want to dip your bread in it, put it on your egg omelet, in your cereal, and in everything else.

  

  Tasha Smith
  • Good
  • Better
  • Famous

• A dragon has just flown over the tree-tops and lighted on the beach. Yes, I am afraid it is between us and the ship. And arrows are no use against dragons. And they're not at all afraid of fire." "With your Majesty's leave-" began Reepicheep. "No, Reepicheep," said the King very firmly, "you are not to attempt a single combat with it.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Single
  • Fire
  • King

• I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.

  

  Dana Plato
  • You
  • Working
  • Pleasure

• It's not enough for just us to invest in Utah; more and more, we are encouraging businesses around the world to follow suit. We want them to invest in and become part of Utah's future and to allow Utah to invest and become part of theirs.

  

  Gary Herbert
  • World
  • Future
  • Want

• Authority exercised with humility, and obedience accepted with delight are the very lines along which our spirits live.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Live
  • Humility
  • Lines