Hu Shih Quotes
Whenever you do something without asking yourself, "Why am I doing this?"-that is meaningless life... . The "why" of life makes it meaningful... . Only when an answer is given is one living life as a man.
Quotes to Explore
-
I think people have a hard time thinking that I could've done a sitcom.
-
One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.
-
Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve.
-
The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
-
I've been getting pulled from newspapers for my entire career.
-
I am attracted to intelligence, a witty sense of humor, an adventurous outlook on life and spiritual awareness about one's self and the world.
-
I don't play many characters like myself. Oh I don't know what I am!
-
My father was a gambler. My father could not resist a casino or a card game. He loved gambling.
-
My politics are private, but many of my feminist politics cross over into my professional life.
-
Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties.
-
History is much more the product of chaos than of conspiracy.
-
The only saving grace of the present is that it's too damned stupid to question the past very closely.
-
This country … abounds in that Cuba is a heaven in the spiritual sense of the word, and we prefer to die in heaven than serve in hell.
-
Well, I think that it's clear that the Republican Party is a pro-life party. And we do value life. And we do believe that the unborn have a right to life.
-
To be a writer was always my greatest aim. I remember writing a play about Guy Fawkes when I was 10. I suppose it's significant, at least to me, that my first work should be about a historical figure.
-
I walk every day with my dogs and force myself to run a bit but I hate it.
-
When I left the show, the fans were so amazing in terms of the outpouring of support and continued support all that time whatever ways they could be in touch with me.
-
I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling.
-
I can't speak or write German, but I'am overjoyed because I have bought one of your pictures. Now it is in me. I write music. You are my teacher.
-
...I think the Americans are the only people who have good beds. I consider the American bedroom unparalleled for freshness, comfort, and cleanliness. It is worth going all over Europe in order to come home to one's own bed.
-
I like shopping, and I like to drive.
-
Conceited men often seem a harmless kind of men, who, by an overweening self-respect, relieve others from the duty of respecting them at all.
-
Whenever you do something without asking yourself, "Why am I doing this?"-that is meaningless life... . The "why" of life makes it meaningful... . Only when an answer is given is one living life as a man.
