Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
-
Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.
-
I feel like there's such a responsibility, when you make a film, to enlighten people, to make them think, to make them laugh, or even just to be entertaining.
-
I would describe my look as 'ladylike rock chick.'
-
Jason Momoa became a really good friend of ours when he played Khal Drogo. We loved hanging out with Momoa, and suddenly we couldn't bring him to Belfast anymore.
-
You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
-
My fans are my family, because they understand me and I understand them.
-
I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform Fever in Las Vegas and I found out later she wanted to record it.
-
I started as an engineer. I migrated to philosophy and international politics. And I did my studies about African – Africa democracy and democratization in Africa, taking Kenya as a model. And then, while I was doing so in 1996 in South Africa, Al Jazeera was established. So they requested me to be an analyst on African affairs.
-
It is a very great mistake, common to counsel, and especially to young counsel, to consider that a decision of any court must necessarily command the respect of another.
-
The little jihad is over, and now we have the bigger jihad - the bigger battle is achieving security and economic growth.
-
Sexual scandals are especially effective against Republicans who can then also be accused of hypocrisy inasmuch as they're always spouting off about morality and junk like that. Of course, some personal issues such as former Klan membership or leaving the scene of a fatal accident are off limits for obvious reasons
-
Denmark nursed that anger and it kept him free.
-
People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different.
-
When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
-
I love the song 'Picasso Baby,' and I think the performance art piece was brilliant. I love that fact that Jay Z is continuing to raise the bar on hip hop.
-
What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.
-
To me, there is nothing better than me going into the studio with a live band and hearing those violins and that echo and that sound. I mean I loved it.
-
The evolution of sex is the hardest problem in evolutionary biology.
-
It's a pretty important conference regarding Internet trends, because people are talking a lot about what's really happening. Not just the technology, but what it means for our culture in general.
-
How to think about a problem: The first step is to make the problem specific . . . ; The second step is to form theories freely of how to rid yourself of that burden . . . ; The third step is to develop in foresight the consequences of your proposals . . . ; The fourth and final step in thinking is to compare the consequences of your proposals to see which is best in the light of your scheme of life as a whole . . . ; Whether you choose a vacation or a spouse, a party or a candidate, a cause to contribute to or a creed to live by - think!
-
Make your mind learn its way around the heart.
-
I started out playing in clubs. I always like existing under ground and over ground at the same time.
-
Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?
