S. N. Behrman Quotes

There are two kinds of people in one's life-people whom one keeps waiting-and the people for whom one waits

S. N. Behrman

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• I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.

  

  Rachel Stevens
  • Know
  • Me
  • Travel

• In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.

  

  Fedor Emelianenko
  • Just
  • Other
  • Speculation

• Nearly all edible seaweeds - or 'sea vegetables,' as they ought technically to be called - belong to one of three broad groups: green, red and brown algae.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Red
  • Sea
  • Green

• Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as consumers, do? Opting out of paying someone to allow animals to die in a barn fire or at the slaughterhouse seems pretty reasonable.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
  • Pretty
  • Die
  • Fire

• Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.

  

  Ralph Marston
  • Attitude
  • Excellence
  • Skill

• I'm interested in playing, not working.

  

  Captain Beefheart
  • Working
  • Playing
  • Interested

• I know exactly what it's like to stand on top of a tall building or in a high place and look down and go, 'Ohhhh my God.' I try to get into that place every time I write a scene like that. And definitely when I write the action scenes, I get overheated and my heart goes really fast. I get very involved.

  

  Veronica Roth
  • Time
  • God
  • Heart

• And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.

  

  Frances Wright
  • Good
  • Mind
  • Place

• Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!

  

  Gabrielle Reece
  • People
  • More
  • Questioning

• I have been acting since I was thirteen.

  

  Caleb Landry Jones
  • Acting
  • Been
  • Thirteen

• There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control.

  

  Iris Chang
  • Country
  • Control
  • Government

• I've learned to be more accepting of myself. I'm 37, not 18, and I've got the lines to prove it. I try to remind myself that a girl can have it all, just not all at once.

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
  • Girl
  • Myself
  • Try

• I do everything in a straightforward manner.

  

  Harmon Killebrew
  • Everything
  • Manner

• I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods.

  

  Yves Tanguy
  • Believe
  • Art
  • Opinions

• I have just joined the Board of the Population Institute because I am convinced that early stabilization of the world's population is important for the attainment of this objective.

  

  Walter Kohn
  • World
  • Population
  • Stabilization

• One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.

  

  Gabrielle Roy
  • Earth
  • Destiny
  • Own

• If you want to make change, 'Show me how' can be a stronger, more effective approach than 'Just say no.' That's what I think.

  

  Carl Safina
  • Me
  • Change
  • Stronger

• For the sake of argument I'll ignore all your fighting words.

  

  Larry Wall
  • Words
  • Fighting
  • Ignore

• The biggest surprise, which is also the best, is that I didn't know I would love motherhood as much as I do.

  

  Deborah Norville
  • Motherhood

• I think a lot of self-identity and inner-personal development is hampered by consumerism and capitalism because we see ourselves as a reflection of the TV, rather than as a reflection of the people who are around us, truly.

  

  Aloe Blacc
  • People
  • Think
  • Identity

• Without imagination of the one kind or of the other, mortal existence is indeed a dreary and prosaic business... Illumined by the imagination, our life, whatever its defeats - is a never-ending unforeseen strangeness and adventure and mystery.

  

  Walter de La Mare
  • Life
  • Business
  • Kind

• When somebody says, 'Oh, Buffy, you're such a warrior for peace', I stop them and say, 'No, I'm not really a warrior for peace. What I promote is alternative conflict resolution'.

  

  Buffy Sainte-Marie
  • Peace
  • Stop
  • Warrior

• There are two kinds of people in one's life-people whom one keeps waiting-and the people for whom one waits

  

  S. N. Behrman
  • People
  • Life
  • Waiting