Norman Cousins Quotes
Ten minutes of genuine belly laughter had an anesthetic effect and would give me at least two hours of pain-free sleep.
Quotes to Explore
-
If I were the president, I would tape everything that is said around me and what I said, because we know how sometimes things get misconstrued.
-
Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.
-
Many ethnic minorities chafed at the postcolonial nationalism of India and Pakistan, and some rebelled.
-
I'm a typical California boy.
-
The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
-
I was on paper earning more money and having more success than I'd ever had. And it was also the most miserable I've ever been. When those things collided, I realised something was off. That's when I started poking around to figure out what was wrong.
-
All national histories are partisan and designed to give us a good conceit of ourselves.
-
Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think.'
-
I was born not too far from Minneapolis, so it's nice to come back and visit.
-
I'm getting Puppetmasters, too. They're one of my favorites. And they're coming out with new Puppetmasters. I try not to get everything, but I want so much.
-
Whether I'm in the main event or on the preliminary card, the same Cowboy is going to be out there.
-
If I talk about something I either talk about it or I DO it... the minute I talk about it it's lost all it's drive and all it's fun.
-
Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.
-
My Marxism has taken root and become purified. I believe in armed struggle as the only solution for those peoples who fight to free themselves, and I am consistent with my beliefs.
-
I am not one of those who see war as a cricket match where you first give anything to defeat the opponent and then shake hands
-
I had started teaching because I love brainteasers. At some point, I had taken every standardized test out there - the SATs, the GREs, the GMATs, the MCATs. I just took them for fun.
-
Education is not acquisition of burdensome information regarding objects and men. It is the awareness of the immortal spirit within,, which is the spring of joy, peace and courage.
-
I grew up as a country boy.
-
When I'm not acting, I'm writing, building an inventory of scripts. Even if they sit on the shelf, I just keep stacking them up.
-
Our great thoughts, our great affections, the truths of our life, never leave us. Surely they can not separate from our consciousness, shall follow it whithersoever that shall go, and are of their nature divine and immortal.
-
One single raga can be performed for two hours, three hours.
-
Ten minutes of genuine belly laughter had an anesthetic effect and would give me at least two hours of pain-free sleep.
