Walt Disney Quotes
I think of a child's mind as a blank book. During the first years of his life, much will be written on the pages. The quality of that writing will affect his life profoundly.
Quotes to Explore
-
Being in the stands is very difficult. I was never playing but I am nervous watching, waiting.
-
Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
-
I went on to Harvard and got very interested in computers and studying the earth's landscape.
-
Socrates was famously executed for his philosophical and political beliefs. I wondered what would happen if you had a similar character, who was so relentlessly questioning of everything? In a modern society, would we be any more or any less tolerant of that kind of character?
-
When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
-
I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
-
If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.
-
If you can't play guitar and sing in Nashville, you might as well just be a construction worker.
-
Religious faith, like political belief, should be based on reasoning, on the development of thought and feelings. The two things are inseparable.
-
I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute.
-
We almost need a revolution in the culture of our thinking about football.
-
There are a lot of people who can slide on talent their whole lives; they're just naturally gifted. I've never considered myself one of those people. I enjoy outworking the opposition.
-
I just feel energized when I am around young, talented people. There is something about these kids that's amazing. I learn as much from them as they do from me.
-
People say I am cheap, and I don't mind if they do.
-
The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.
-
I think I am a travel junkie, and I have never enjoyed anything else in my life more than travelling and going to places.
-
Everything in Russia is made of cement - phone booths, fence posts and light bulbs.
-
Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth.
-
The fact that people can predict gravity wave sources that are within shouting distance makes me feel incredibly confident. Compared to monopoles, these sources are not just optimistic thinking.
-
This be an empty world without the blues.
-
I lived in the Republic of Ireland. I wrote a book about the North but as an outsider. The hatreds there were not mine. I never felt them. I liked how open in most ways Catalan nationalism was, compared to Irish nationalism. I disliked the violence and cruelty in Ireland.
-
[Presently, science undergraduates] do not learn to write clearly and briefly, marshalling their points in due and aesthetically satisfying order, and eliminating inessentials. They are inept at those turns of phrase or happy analogy which throw a flying bridge across a chasm of misunderstanding and make contact between mind and mind.
-
I think of a child's mind as a blank book. During the first years of his life, much will be written on the pages. The quality of that writing will affect his life profoundly.
