J. L. Austin Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
A lot of the players that I play with who are Canadian, they call me Patty. Before then, I never heard it. I didn't mind Patty.
-
Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
-
The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
-
I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.
-
Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.
-
We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
-
As it relates to society in general, I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage.'
-
Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.
-
The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
-
A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn't react with a mechanic, but a human being does.
-
Writing is a very intimate thing, especially when you write lyrics and sing them in front of someone for the first time. It's like a really embarrassing situation. To me, singing is almost like crying, and you have to really know someone before you can start crying in front of them.
-
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
-
I become a first-time novelist and a senior citizen on the same day.
-
I really like one-on-one, rich relationships.
-
I think there are certain business matters which we must now conduct differently than we used to.
-
The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
-
I grew up in New York till I was 5, and I remember going to see 'Annie' and some musicals as a kid, and I remember my parents being somewhat okay with us watching 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' which, it boggles my mind that they allowed me to watch it.
-
The best part about the movie, and everybody seems to rave about it, is the boot camp part.
-
I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
-
Get the entire team involved in identifying and evaluating project risks. Everyone looks at the project differently, and sometimes the input from the student intern can be vital.
-
Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest.
-
I don't regret any of the musical decisions I have made.
-
The object of leadership may be stated as having a system whereby a leader recognizes what is good for the good of the government, for the good of the nation, for the good of humanity, and recognizes the qualities he has and what he can do within his own limitations. He cannot do, and should not attempt to do, the impossible, but he should not fail to attempt something that might be extremely difficult and may be possible.
-
It may justly be urged that, properly speaking, what alone has meaning is a sentence.
