Thomas Hobbes Quotes
A Law of Nature, (Lex Naturalis) is a Precept, or general Rule, found out by Reason, by which a man is forbidden to do, that, which is destructive of his life, or taketh away the means of preserving the same; and to omit, that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved.
Thomas Hobbes
Quotes to Explore
Being an actor means asking people to look at you. I guess I accept that. But it's a profession in which the job is to show another world and other people. You may access it through bits of yourself, and your imagination and experience, but actually, in the end, you're not playing yourself.
Ralph Fiennes
Writing for children, you do bear a responsibility to not include overt or graphic adult content that they are not ready for and don't need, or to address adult concepts or themes from an oblique angle or a child's limited viewpoint, with appropriate context, without being graphic or distressing.
Garth Nix
Shoes make an outfit; they're like rims for a car.
Omari Hardwick
I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize.
Walter Kirn
The local music community here was dying for a place to record, so we started doing acoustic, folk and bluegrass and then did rock projects for other bands, as well as for my son Tal and my own work.
Randy Bachman
The Guess Who
I consider everybody who takes themselves seriously to be a little bit off. And Silicon Valley seems to be the most effusive about how important their contributions are to society.
T. J. Miller
As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country.
Nancy Pelosi
My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs... write life. I decided to take her up on that.
R. Kelly
Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.
Barbara Jordan
I don't think I've ever not had a dark side. But one of the wonderful reasons why you go into this business is that half your life you live in a fantasy, which is somebody else's life. It's actually a great release because you're not having to deal with the itty-bitty bits of life.
Felicity Kendal
Stuff that I write isn't as similar to the stuff that I'm in, but I don't really care. I just do comedy.
T. J. Miller
I'm sure that people who elected me, some of them thought I was gay, some of them thought I wasn't gay, and most of them didn't care.
Ed Koch
You should take notes whenever you hear interesting or original language.
Randa Abdel-Fattah
No one ever bugged Jack Nicholson. When we made 'Witches,' and people were standing around to see him, he'd just come out and say, 'Hi everybody!' I was lucky enough to go with him to a Lakers game, too, and he was always friendly. No one bothers Jack, because he makes himself so accessible.
Veronica Cartwright
The Internet is, among other things, a massive, chaotic marketplace. Too much information, it turns out, is a lot like no information.
Adam Davidson
When you hear that a certain man is so good that he wants to help everybody, you may depend upon it that he started the story.
E. W. Howe
A Law of Nature, (Lex Naturalis) is a Precept, or general Rule, found out by Reason, by which a man is forbidden to do, that, which is destructive of his life, or taketh away the means of preserving the same; and to omit, that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved.
Thomas Hobbes
