Samuel Beckett Quotes
To know nothing is nothing, not to want to know anything likewise, but to be beyond knowing anything, to know you are beyond knowing anything, that is when peace enters in, to the soul of the incurious seeker.Samuel Beckett
Quotes to Explore
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Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.
Ibrahim Rugova -
A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
D. B. Weiss -
I don't think of 'Macbeth' as the villain. I don't think of 'King Lear' as the villain. I don't think of 'Hamlet' as the villain. I don't think of 'Travis Bickle' as the villain.
Damien Chazelle -
English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
Rachel Johnson -
By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
Sam Hunt -
Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Friends are not made, but recognized.
Carl Rakosi -
Speaking as somebody with three sisters and a very largely female Muslim family, there is not a single woman I know in my family or in their friends who would have accepted the wearing of a veil.
Salman Rushdie -
Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are basically sort of straight news.
Tabitha Soren -
People think that Israelis are mean, evil people who only want to hurt Arabs all day.
Naftali Bennett -
I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write.
Joanne Rowling
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I don't understand why people really get upset about something that doesn't affect them at all.
Wanda Sykes -
The thing that bothers me about journalism is the false equivalency we sometimes place on certain issues.
Brown Campbell -
You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
Kalpana Chawla -
If the FBI gets the 'back doors' it wants, Internet services would be required to create a massive online infrastructure for law enforcement to spy on members of the public.
Adam Cohen -
Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?
Oriana Fallaci -
From the very beginning, I've always just wanted to do something I've never done before. I'm still just trying to be on that path. It's all about working with filmmakers that you believe in.
Aaron Paul
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When stripped, I looked less like 'Il David' than a plucked chicken that died of myxomatosis.
Quentin Crisp -
My parents come from that immigrant culture that places a lot of emphasis on doing well scholastically. Being a comedian or an actor is such an American thing. The Iranian culture is not about dreaming. It's about taking over your father's business, falling into line.
Maz Jobrani -
My wife and I were shopping for the whole family. In the music department my wife said, "Let's get your nephew a set of drums. That's what your brother did to us last year."
Milton Berle -
Chaucer followed Nature everywhere, but was never so bold to go beyond her.
John Dryden -
I would say my greatest achievement in life right now - my greatest achievement period is - and I'm still trying to achieve it - is to be a wonderful father to my kids.
Bo Jackson -
To know nothing is nothing, not to want to know anything likewise, but to be beyond knowing anything, to know you are beyond knowing anything, that is when peace enters in, to the soul of the incurious seeker.
Samuel Beckett