Ernest Holmes Quotes

We cannot lead a choiceless life. Every day, every moment, every second, there is a choice. If it were not so, we would not be individuals.

Ernest Holmes

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• I think there is no racism in this film industry. They are only in need of talent, though it takes time; but, if you are talented, you will get your due. I am thankful to be part of this industry.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Time
  • Racism
  • Thankful

• But, I don't know, the violence, I can't even talk about. We don't do a lot of violent shows. When I started in television, breaking a pencil was a violent act.

  

  Aaron Spelling
  • Know
  • Violence
  • Television

• I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.

  

  Babette March
  • Good
  • Thought
  • Just

• I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.

  

  Ed Miliband
  • School
  • Power
  • Sun

• Our target is not negotiations, it is the end of the apartheid system. There can be no compromise about that.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • End
  • System
  • Compromise

• When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.

  

  Orson Welles
  • Up
  • Friends
  • Always

• VW has held a beloved place in American culture. When I graduated from college, many of my friends drove across the country, and most hit the road in a VW van or Bug. Through the years, these cars have represented youth, freedom and quirkiness.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • Country
  • Friends
  • American

• Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion.

  

  Major Owens
  • Time
  • Competition
  • Compassion

• I believe Saudi Arabia is the only Muslim country in which churches are prohibited.

  

  Ibrahim Hooper
  • Believe
  • Country
  • I Believe

• My God, I have almost never believed in you, and yet I have always loved you.

  

  Antonio Porchia
  • God

• The thing that I really love about the 80s is, there was a sense of hand made-ness about the fashion then. You could have a pair of jeans and dump some bleach on them, and make them something that was really trendy for that era.

  

  Alyssa Milano
  • Fashion
  • Sense
  • ERA

• Fauvism was our ordeal by fire... colours became charges of dynamite. They were expected to charge light... The great merit of this method was to free the picture from all imitative and conventional contact.

  

  Andre Derain
  • Great
  • Free
  • Light

• I'm convinced being a tennis analyst is the easiest job in the world.

  

  Andy Roddick
  • World
  • Job
  • Jobs

• Climate change poses a direct threat to the infrastructure of America that we need to stay competitive in this 21st-century economy.

  

  Barack Obama
  • America

• Dates used to be made days or even weeks in advance. Now dates tend to be made the day after. That is, you get a phone call from someone who says, "If anyone asks, I was out to dinner with you last night, okay?"

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Night

• If the Bible and the microscope do not agee, the microscope is wrong

  

  William Jennings Bryan
  • Microscopes

• Some may belittle politics, but we know - who are engaged in it - that it is where people stand tall. And, although I know it has its many harsh contentions, it is still the arena that sets the heart beating a little faster. And if it is, on occasions, the place of low skulduggery, it is more often the place for the pursuit of noble causes.

  

  Tony Blair
  • People
  • Heart
  • Causes

• Generally, I think of myself as a guitar player, but when I do find the right song to sing lead on, I try to do my best.

  

  Nancy Wilson Heart
  • Song
  • Sing
  • Lead

• Life's a dance you learn as you go, sometimes you lead sometimes you follow, don't worry about what you don't know.

  

  John Michael Montgomery
  • Life
  • Dance
  • Lead

• We cannot understand our humanity just by studying individuals.

  

  Nicholas A. Christakis
  • Humanity
  • Individuals
  • Studying

• For aspiring actors out there, I would say stay focused and don't let anyone pull you away from your goals. Shoot for the stars so that if you ever fall short you can land on the clouds.

  

  Ryan Guzman
  • Fall
  • Goal
  • Actors

• We cannot lead a choiceless life. Every day, every moment, every second, there is a choice. If it were not so, we would not be individuals.

  

  Ernest Holmes
  • Lead
  • Individuals
  • Choiceless