Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
To me, it's always about quality not quantity.
-
I speak on due consideration because Britain, France, and Mexico, have abolished slavery, and all other European states are preparing to abolish it as speedily as they can.
-
Now I'm looking for more of a dressy, man wear, you know, kinda cool.
-
Music lovers always want to hear the best. It's about freedom of choice, we supply the music.
-
Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
-
I was born in Orange County - in Santa Ana. My dad is from California. I was raised on the East Coast. My first two years were in California, but I claim East Coast. I'm sorry, I don't rep California.
-
I have always abhorred the word 'racism.' I never use it.
-
Normally, even if you're on the set for 12 hours, there may be only a moment or two when you are actually useful.
-
Misbah is rated far higher outside Pakistan than within. Afridi is rated far higher in Pakistan than outside!
-
Cooking is an expression that crosses boundaries.
-
God created us with an overwhelming desire to soar. Our desire to develop and use every ounce of potential He's placed in us is not egotistical. He designed us to be tremendously productive and "to mount up with wings like eagles," realistically dreaming of what He can do with our potential.
-
There's this kind of incredibly mistaken idea that because it's so much cheaper to roll the camera than it used to be and it's so much easier to accumulate a ton of footage, that then you can just go shoot a ton of footage and the editor will make sense out of it. But if you don't have something deliberate made, you're not gonna save it in the editing room.
-
Jean Paul Sartre says in "No Exit" that hell is other people. Well, our task in life is to make it heaven. Or at least earth.
-
There is no sudden entrance into Heaven. Slow is the ascent by the path of Love.
-
There are tons of things in your home and life that you don't use, need, or even particularly want. They just came into your life as impulsive flotsam and jetsam and never found a good exit. Whether you're aware of it or not, this clutter creates indecision and distractions.
-
Living in the moment means entrance and exit are simultaneous- the moment is now. Zen saying... works!
-
The sign at the entrance to my gym locker room says, no cell phones please, cell phones are cameras. They are not. A camera is a Nikon or a Leica or Rolleiflex, and when you strike someone with one, they know they have been hit with something substantial.
-
As important as the presidency is, that's not the only thing to take a look at in determining the racial health of the United States.
-
I began writing for kids because I wanted to effect a change in American society. I continue in that spirit. By the time we reach adulthood, we are closed and set in our attitudes. The chances of a poet reaching us are very slim. But I can open a child's imagination, develop his appetite for poetry, and more importantly, show him that poetry is a natural part of everyday life. We all need someone to point out that the emperor is wearing no clothes. That's the poet's job.
-
I prefer the sign NO ENTRANCE to the sign which says NO EXIT.
