Thomas Hobbes Quotes
And therefore in geometry (which is the only science that it hath pleased God hitherto to bestow on mankind), men begin at settling the significations of their words; which settling of significations, they call definitions, and place them in the beginning of their reckoning.Thomas Hobbes
Quotes to Explore
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I feel funny about owning art. I don't really want to say: 'Wow, come and see my Monet - it's in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.'
Baz Luhrmann -
There was this moment, particularly after I had my first child, where I felt like, 'I don't know if I'll ever make a record, or if this is always going to be something just floating around in my head.'
Karen Elson -
But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
Laura Innes -
I believe that leaders should inspire you to be more like them.
Dana Perino -
I guess I look strange a bit. Strange but confident. I'm not like a model or anything. I always compare this to wearing a hat. You can wear the strangest hat, but if you think it's cool, then you'll look cool.
Vincent Cassel -
The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
Macaulay Culkin
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I'm not a singer. In 'Bye Bye Birdie,' I think I was the sad girl who sits on the park bench during 'Put on a Happy Face.'
Yvonne Strahovski -
I think growing up in New York, you see so much at such a young age, there's no bubble to escape into.
Zoe Lister-Jones -
Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.
Zadie Smith -
That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects.
Victoria Pratt -
I feel like you learn how to do school in second grade through fifth grade. During those years, I was never home.
Dakota Johnson -
Sometimes my colleagues joke and call me Hannah.
Hanoi Hannah
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You should see me during an action film. I look like an abuse victim.
Maggie Q -
I promised myself a long time ago that I would lead an interesting life.
Sacheen Littlefeather -
For the professional writer, stories must be presented as a series of individual scenes, each one dramatized with dialogue and telling descriptions of who is present and what they're all doing.
Nancy Kress -
My mom got me into some commercials, and I basically, I guess, just got out of my shell I was in at the time because I can't remember. I've just been blessed ever since.
Bailee Madison -
The rich are not a contented tribe. The demands from others to share their wealth become so tiresome, so insistent, they often decide they must insulate themselves. Insulation eventually breeds a mild form of paranoia.
Felix Dennis -
I wanted to only create a great perfume, not any perfume that would sell, but a great artistic one that the fans would not feel cheated by.
Lady Gaga
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I always remember my childhood house with happy memories. There was a beautiful garden, and outside my bedroom window was a jasmine vine which would open in the evenings, giving off a divine scent.
Carolina Herrera -
I always wanted to win. Everyone has a bit of that in them, but I have even more of a will to win. Sometimes I might go overboard, whereas there are others who, yes, they want to win, but if they don't, it's no big deal for them.
Diego Costa -
On the grounds of prestigious musical organizations that come and go, New York has the edge.
Jeffrey Tate -
Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's.
Saint Ambrose -
For some reason most critics have a hard time fixing their minds directly under their noses, and before they see the object that is there they use a telescope upon the horizon to see where it came from.
Allen Tate -
And therefore in geometry (which is the only science that it hath pleased God hitherto to bestow on mankind), men begin at settling the significations of their words; which settling of significations, they call definitions, and place them in the beginning of their reckoning.
Thomas Hobbes