Xunzi Quotes
If you wish to see the thousand years, look at today; if you wish to understand the millionfold, then look at the one or the two.
Quotes to Explore
-
In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.
-
I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
-
I'm not a celebrity trainer. I don't have my own line of DVDs, but I'm a fighter and have everything to prove.
-
Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
-
The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level.
-
I'm a little angry in life.
-
Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.
-
I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
-
Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.
-
I had this little Bon Iver phase a few years back; 'Flume' was one of my favourite songs.
-
I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.
-
I often reread books I have written.
-
A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family.
-
I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
-
I bought an electric scooter in sixth grade. Bankrupted me.
-
My approach as an actor has always been the same, in that the greatest gift that you're ever going to have is your imagination because you're not going to have all life experiences. So you draw on things that are sort of close to it but you spend your time expanding on it or drawing something specific on whatever your situation is.
-
When women criticized men, I called it 'insight'... When men criticized women, I called it 'sexism' and 'backlash.'
-
I travel a lot, so when I arrive in a city, I like to go to good local bookshops and make a selection based on how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. The book I pick usually seems to have a definite karmic connection!
-
The interesting products out on the Internet today are not building new technologies. They're combining technologies. Instagram, for instance: Photos plus geolocation plus filters. Foursquare: restaurant reviews plus check-ins plus geo.
-
At my restaurants, we have training drills before every meal. We talk about what we did yesterday that was great and what we can improve today.
-
I worked harder at my craft, and it took some time, but here I am today doing what I want to do, which is entertain people.
-
Glorify who you are today, do not condemn who you were yesterday, and dream of who you can be tomorrow.
-
I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.
-
If you wish to see the thousand years, look at today; if you wish to understand the millionfold, then look at the one or the two.
