Rudyard Kipling Quotes

A boy of to-day is affected by every change of tone and gust of opinion, so that he lies even when he desires to speak the truth.

Rudyard Kipling

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• I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Want
  • Me
  • Running

• The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.

  

  Federica Montseny
  • Human
  • Liberty
  • Sense

• The problem of working in a mine, you are inside the belly of the monster, and it controls you. The air you breathe, the stones that fall on your head, we had to be on guard.

  

  Patricia Riggen
  • Problem
  • Fall
  • Air

• I actually have a fear of the water because I nearly drowned. I got caught in a rip tide, and I wasn't a good swimmer because that was when I was emigrating from England to Australia.

  

  Naomi Watts
  • Good
  • Fear
  • Water

• I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.

  

  Aaron Douglas
  • Guy
  • Man
  • Friend

• I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.

  

  J. B. Priestley
  • Day
  • Morning
  • Waiting

• Hypnotism is trespass into the territory of another's consciousness. Its temporary phenomena have nothing in common with the miracles performed by men of divine realization.

  

  Paramahansa Yogananda
  • Men
  • Consciousness
  • Miracles

• To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • Nature
  • Human
  • Insult

• My mother loved fashion and always had a great aesthetic. But she also considered the cost of it, with the kids, that it wasn't something to allow herself.

  

  Olivier Theyskens
  • Great
  • She
  • Kids

• I don't really feel McCain. It ain't just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.

  

  Young Jeezy
  • Black
  • Change
  • Feel

• But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking.

  

  Wanda Sykes
  • Men
  • Women
  • Sometimes

• We must always remember that the Chinese revolution was not a peasant's revolution, but one of the extreme Right.

  

  Salvador Dali
  • Remember
  • Revolution
  • Right

• I think we make the movies, initially, with the one movie in mind. But we do love the characters, and so we kind of miss the characters when the movie is over. But I think what happens is, every now and then you realize there's more to tell, or an idea comes up.

  

  Dan Scanlon
  • Mind
  • Think
  • Idea

• We do want more, and when it becomes more, we shall still want more. And we shall never cease to demand more until we have received the results of our labor.

  

  Samuel Gompers
  • Want
  • Never
  • Results

• Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.

  

  Landon Donovan
  • Good
  • Men
  • Women

• I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Long
  • Me

• One must act in painting as in life, directly.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Life
  • Painting
  • Act

• I'm a darned good listener.

  

  Naomi Judd
  • Good
  • Listener
  • Darned

• Paradoxically, since gay men rarely have gay parents, cultural transmission must come from friends or strangers (a problem since the generations so seldom mix in gay life).

  

  Edmund White
  • Life
  • Men
  • Friends

• So I say to you, citizens of the last Arab country, this is a time for courage, for unity, for wisdom, for determination, to face these enemies with the dignity your president has shown, and I believe, God willing, we will prevail and triumph, wa-salam aleikum.

  

  George Galloway
  • Time
  • God
  • Believe

• You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.

  

  Marilyn Monroe
  • Believe
  • Trust
  • Lies

• A big part of the problem that we face today is that our children have been taught at schools that every idea is right, that no one should criticize others' positions, no matter how odious.

  

  Ed Royce
  • Children
  • Today
  • Problem

• If you're stuck in traffic, call a friend or listen to a favorite podcast. If you're waiting in a long line, make friends with a person in line with you. There are lots of ways we can change the vibe.

  

  Gabrielle Bernstein
  • Long
  • Friends
  • Friend

• A boy of to-day is affected by every change of tone and gust of opinion, so that he lies even when he desires to speak the truth.

  

  Rudyard Kipling
  • Change
  • Opinion
  • Lies