William Cowper Quotes
Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.
Quotes to Explore
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A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.
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Of course, my faith has a lot to do with being able to be public without being a public nuisance.
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
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I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life.
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Furniture is meant to be used and enjoyed.
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I've made a dozen films in the English language. But then, for love, for my family and friends, I returned to Europe... I annoyingly - looking back - turned down films like 007, 'For Your Eyes Only,' written specially for me.
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As a kid, I was so short, it was tough for me to keep up with the taller guys. I always had quick feet, but I just didn't have any power, really, as a kid.
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It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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I've been in the room or watched artists walk in who don't write, and you can't figure out what they really want.
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I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private.
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Nobody can make a putt that breaks to the right. It's unnatural. Unless you're left-handed, of course. Standing over a putt that breaks to the right can actually make you dizzy. I've long thought that right-breaking putts are a major contributor to mental and physical ill health.
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I love chocolate chip cookies - really anything with chocolate will do!
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The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.
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So somebody told me that if I wasn't a coffee drinker yet, by the end of college I'd have to be, because a math major is so tough I would have to stay up very late. I was going to need coffee to do that. Well, merely because they said that, I never drank coffee in college, never got addicted to it, never needed it.
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A little recognition is not a bad thing because it means people appreciate your work. The only problem is when you can't walk down the street or have a meal without people looking at you. I want to be the one looking at people.
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I can be very ordinary looking.
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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My choice was to ruin my son's life by giving him money or giving 90-plus percent to charity. Not much of a choice.
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Management teams aren't good at asking questions. In business school, we train them to be good at giving answers.
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They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball. And they tell you to hit it square.
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Some persons, instead of making a religion for their God, are content to make a god of their religion.
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Most beautiful dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, aren't much smarter.
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Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.
