Angela of Foligno Quotes
Humility exists only in those who are poor enough to see that they possess nothing of their own.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.
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If you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.
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I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone.
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Vulnerability is huge. I love to see that in characters. It's something I feel like a lot of my comedic heroes have always done.
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Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances.
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I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.
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If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see 'Matilda: The Musical.'
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Oftentimes when you see adaptations of books you like, you're let down. As an author, you assume that they are going to suck. A little bit of hope is dangerous.
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If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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I have to take it as a given that I have got a certain ability to do something. I can be an artist, which is take something and transform it into another thing. I can just see something, and I can see my painting.
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And on the other hand, we see that the Israeli government is attacking that part of the Palestinian leader.
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You don't ever see a thriller with a spiritual backbone.
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Some people seem to see compassion as being mushy.
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Liberals have to get more comfortable with dealing with the poor as they actually are. I admire their refusal to look down on the least among us, but at some level, that can become an excuse to never really look at the problem at all.
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The only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with a big bag of popcorn.
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When Californians see something we truly believe in, we say so and act accordingly - without evasiveness or equivocation.
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Someone asked me the other day what it feels like to see all my 'old stuff' reappearing, at long last, in digital. And I had to smile because to me it doesn't feel like 'old stuff.'
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Why would even I say we can't stop drilling in the Gulf? Because we have no alternatives. Whether or not we drill in the Gulf, or in Alaska, we will continue to wring the last out of anyplace else.
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I'm here now because of my faith. That's what got me singing and what has kept me singing. That is what I have: what has kept me doing right and has provided me with the chances and the attitude and the skills to do this.
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Writers, particularly poets, always feel exiled in some way - people who don't exactly feel at home, so they try to find a home in language.
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There is a book into which some of us are happily led to look, and to look again, and never tire of looking. It is the Book of Man. You may open that book whenever and wherever you find another human voice to answer yours, and another human hand to take in your own.
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One should use common words to say uncommon things.
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Humility exists only in those who are poor enough to see that they possess nothing of their own.
