Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
The difference between a man who faces death for the sake of an idea and an imitator who goes in search of martyrdom is that whilst the former expresses his idea most fully in death it is the strange feeling of bitterness which comes from failure that the latter really enjoys; the former rejoices in his victory, the latter in his suffering.
Quotes to Explore
-
I think India has several advantages in the knowledge sector, in the software sector.
-
The people of the State of Texas consist principally of men, women, and children, with a sprinkling of cowboys. The weather is very good, thermometer rarely rising above 2,500 degrees in the shade and hardly ever below 212.
-
What a world this will be when human possibilities are freed, when we discover each other, when the stranger is no longer the potential criminal and the certain inferior!
-
We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
-
The interest on our debt is going to collapse this country.
-
After college, I went into the NBC Page Program. It's one of those great programs that allows kids to get their feet wet in every area of the business.
-
Everyone wants me to be perfect, but I am so far from perfect!
-
Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
-
Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears.
-
Any athlete has massive reserves in their body and their emotional landscape.
-
Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
-
At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.
-
The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.
-
Through the program, they get the basics of what it takes to train.
-
My father put it right when he said: 'I don't get ulcers. I give ulcers.'
-
Countless religious innovators over the years have played the game of establishing an identity for themselves by accentuating their otherness.
-
I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in your mind where you actually believe what's going on. If we weren't actors, what would we do with that ability? Would we not be slightly insane? Mentally ill? I don't know.
-
I'm a weird dichotomy of nerd, sports fan, and musical theater, so I'd love to do a superhero musical on Broadway. But all the good superheroes are claimed.
-
I love playing different characters all the time, so I'm concentrating on doing other stuff.
-
Every television show is sentenced to death - time and date of execution unknown.
-
Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states.
-
Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
-
It doesn't matter how many times you win an award, it is always very special.
-
The difference between a man who faces death for the sake of an idea and an imitator who goes in search of martyrdom is that whilst the former expresses his idea most fully in death it is the strange feeling of bitterness which comes from failure that the latter really enjoys; the former rejoices in his victory, the latter in his suffering.
