Socrates Quotes
Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher.
Quotes to Explore
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My hunger is always there.
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By 1892, enlightenment had progressed to the point where the Salem trials were simply an embarrassing blot on the history of New England. They were a part of the past that was best forgotten: a reminder of how far the human race had come in two centuries.
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If you're a good choice maker, you can choose the best emotional responses and choose the best new life paths, forward and upward.
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For me, my writing benefits from my experience.
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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I'm not confident in my own ability to resist the titanic force of my own ego.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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To Westerners, the students at Tiananmen may have given an impression of a solid and energetic consensus against dictatorship and for democracy, but they were an egotistical and fractious lot, riven by disagreements over tactics and money.
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I love making movies and hope to write my own screenplay someday and do some producing and be behind-the-scenes as well.
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Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence.
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In life, there's no such thing as an unmitigated good.
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Many journalists are influenced by a myopic multiculturalism that is suspicious of anything Western, while giving the benefit of the doubt to non-Western societies.
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In the '60s, I did many satirical portraits of dictators.
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I'm not that materialistic. I like nice clothes and that, but I don't spend lots of money on stuff. I'm not really into TV, I don't have an iPod, I've got a gramophone.
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I think the whole concept that women aren't funny is dead. It's over; it's done.
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I think I was very lucky to have grown up with an artist's studio in the house. It was a kind of life that was possible. Yeah, it made it kind of harder because the standards were higher, but there was no pressure.
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Roy Keane and Paul Scholes were unbelievable players. You cannot compare yourself to them. It is impossible. Scholes especially, I like him a lot, and I have a lot of respect for what he did for United.
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Look, that homeless guy is sleeping on my face. New York really is where dreams come true.
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Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.
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I'd like to work with horses, but it doesn't pay very well. Maybe I'd like to go somewhere in the Middle East because they keep buying really nice horses for their Olympic teams - like, the Qataris.
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I think that most people have deeply creative sensibilities.
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Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher.
